Cleveland, TN Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 62,355 in 1970 to 115,788 in 2010. That was an inecrease of 85.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 213 in 1970 to 3,677 in 2010. That was an increase of 1626.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 3.2 percet.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 80.4 percent.

	Cleveland 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 source of population increase 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.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	32.3%  64.0%     3.6%					90-'99	29.9%	64.0%	 6.1%
	00-'09	33.9%  54.5%	11.7%	 				00-'09	28.0%	54.5%	17.5%
	10-'14	17.9%  69.7%	12.4%					10-'14	10.3%.	69.7%	20.0%

1/ Bradley and Polk counties.

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