Bowling Green, KY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 88,504 in 1970 to 158,404 in 2010. That was an increase of 79.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 261 in 1970 to 8,898 in 2010. That was an increase of 3309.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 5.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 69.4 percent.

	Bowling Green MSA: Population  1960-2010

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 was the primary factor in population increase in the first two periods, with that position held by B-D in the most recent period.

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

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	33.2%  60.1%	 6.7%					90-'99	29.6%	60.1%	10.4%
	00-'09	32.8%  48.5%	18.7%					00-'09	25.5%	48.5%	26.0%
	10-'14	37.2%  34.6%	28.1%					10-'14	25.9%	34.6%	39.4%

1/ Allen, Butler, Edmonson, and Warren counties.

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