Brunswick, GA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Brunswick Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 63,839 in 1970 to 112,368 in 2010. That was an increase of 76.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 511 in 1970 to 4,111 in 2010. That was an increase of 763.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.8 percent to 3.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 70.5 percent.

	Brunswick 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 the primary factor in population increase in the first two periods, with B-D in that role 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, the leading factors kept the same relative positions, but NIM became the second largest factor in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	34.3%  62.9%	 2.8%					90-'99	30.7%	63.0%	 6.3%
	00-'09	29.0%  60.0%	11.0%					00-'09	22.8%	60.0%	17.3%
	10-'14	53.3%  26.7%	20.0%					10-'14	37.3%	26.7%	36.0%

1/ Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties.

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