Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 1,852,235 in 1970 to 5,286,610 in 2010. That was an increase of 185.4 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 17,166 in 1970 to 710,637 in 2010. That was an increase of 4039.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.9 percent to 13.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 149.4 percent.

	Atlanta 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. Domestic migration (NDM) accounted for the largest share of population increase in the first period, and (B-D) was the largest factor in the last two periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM became the largest factor in population increase in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	34.2%	56.9%	 9.0%					90-'99	27.1%	56.9%	16.1%
	00-'09	42.2%	37.9%	19.9%					00-'09	29.5%	37.9%	32.6%
	10-'14	52.0%	24.6%	23.4%					10-'14	29.6%	24.6%	45.8%

1/Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton counties.

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