Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 1,349,211 in 1970 to 1,135,509 in 2010. That was a decrease of 15.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 86,837 in 1970 to 67,319 in 2010. That was a decrease of 22.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 6.4 percent to 5.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 15.4 percent.

	Buffalo 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. NDM was consistently negative although decreasing. B-D added the most to population in the first period, and NIM in the last two periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, net immigration (NIM) was the only factor offsetting population loss in the last period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	76.8%	 neg.	23.2%					90-'99	50.1%	 neg.	49.9%
	00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 all					00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 neg.
	10-'14	 6.7%	 neg.	93.3%					10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Erie and Niagara counties.

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