Binghamton, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 268,328 in 1970 to 251,725 in 2010. That was a decrease of 6.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 11,023 in 1970 to 11,487 in 2010. That was an increase of 4.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 4.1 percent to 4.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 6.6 percent.

	Binghamton 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. While population was dropping, B-D was the primary factor adding population in the first period, replaced by NIM in the two most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM was the primary factor adding population in the first period and the sole factor in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	64.5%	 neg.	35.5%					90-'99	45.3%	 neg.	54.7%
	00-'09	38.2%	 neg.	61.8%					00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 all
	10-'14	10.3%	 neg.	89.7%					10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Broome and Tioga counties.

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