Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Beaumont-Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 357,596 in 1970 to 403,134 in 2010. That was an increase of 12.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 3,508 in 1970 to 27,238 in 2010. That was an increase of 676.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.0 percent to 6.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 6.2 percent.

	Beaumont 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) was negative in all periods and B-D was the primary factor in population increase in all 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 principal factor adding population in the most two recent periods.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	79.2%	 neg.	20.8%					90-'99	63.9%	 neg.	36.1%
	00-'09	70.4%	 neg.	29.6%					00-'09	41.4%	 neg.	58.6%
	10-'14	71.6%	 neg.	28.4%					10-'14	39.8%	 neg.	60.2%

1/ Hardin County.

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