Altoona, PA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 135,356 in 1970 to 127,076 in 2010. That was a decrease of 6.1 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 2,254 in 1970 to 1,262 in 2010. That was a decrease of 44.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.7 percent to 1.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 5.5 percent.

	Altoona, PA MSA: Population  1970-2010

Sources of Population Change

The primary sources of population change are:

Natural Change [Births minus Deaths or B-D];
Net Domestic Migration [NDM - movement between states]; and
Net International Migration [NIM - movement into and out of the country].
There is also a residual "other" amount that isn't placed in one of those three categories.

The first chart below shows the three population change factors for three periods adjusted for annual average amounts. Population was dropping, and only NIM was adding population in the second period and the most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the same pattern continued except NIM was adding population in all periods.

	Altoona, PA MSA: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014		Altoona, PA MSA: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	  0.0%   neg.	  neg.					90-'99	 neg.  neg.	 all
	00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	  all					00-'09	 neg.  neg.	 all
	10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	  all					10-'14	 neg.  neg.	 all

1/ Blair County.

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