Amarillo, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 144,396 in 1970 to 241,798 in 2010. That was an increase of 67.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,328 in 1970 to 20,669 in 2010. That was an increase of 1456.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.9 percent to 8.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 54.6 percent.

	Amarillo 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. Natural change (B-D) accounted for the largest share of population increase in all three periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM replaced B-D as the largest source of population increase in the most recent period.

	Amarillo MSA: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 		Amarillo MSA: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	68.2%	13.2%	18.7%					90-'99	55.2%	13.2%	31.6%
	00-'09	71.2%	 8.0%	20.9%					00-'09	49.4%	 8.0%	42.6%
	10-'14	70.9%	 neg.	29.1%					10-'14	45.6%	 neg.	54.4%

1/ Armstrong, Carson. Oldham, Potter, and Randall counties.

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