Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 831,671 in 1970 to 1,128,089 in 2010. That was an increase of 35.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 4,747 in 1970 to 47,225 in 2010. That was an increase of 894.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.6 percent to 4.2 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 30.7 percent.

	Birmingham 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) was the largest factor accounting for population growth in all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NDM remained the primary factor in population increase in all periods.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	51.0%	44.0%	 5.0%					90-'99	47.0%	44.0%	 8.9%
	00-'09	47.6%	33.7%	18.6%					00-'09	39.0%	33.7%	27.3%
	10-'14	74.1%	 neg.	25.9%					10-'14	53.0%	 neg.	47.0%

1/ Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker counties.

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