Bismark, ND Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Bismark Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 66,978 in 1970 to 114,708 in 2010. That was an increase of 71.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 2,055 in 1970 to 1,313 in 2010. That was a decrease of 36.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.1 percent to 1.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 74.7 percent.

	Bismark 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 primary source of population increase in the first period, replaced by NDM 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, the relative contributions to population increase of the three factors remained the same.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	63.3%	32.1%	 4.6%					90-'99	60.4%	32.1%	 7.5%
	00-'09	46.0%	50.8%	 3.2%					00-'09	43.6%	50.8%	 5.6%
	10-'14	27.1%	72.0%	 0.9%					10-'14	25.9%	72.0%	 2.1%

1/ Burleigh, Morton, Oliver, and Sioux counties.

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