College Station, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The College Station Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 82,366 in 1970 to 228,660 in 2010. That was an increase of 177.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,895 in 1970 to 25,471 in 2010. That was an increase of 1244.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.3 percent to 11.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 152.5 percent.

	College Station 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 principal factor in adding population 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 replaced B-D as the main source of added population in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	76.0%	 neg.	24.0%					90-'99	58.0%	 neg.	42.0%
	00-'09	56.6%	 9.69%	33.0%					00-'09	38.9%	 9.6%	51.5%
	10-'14	52.7%	 3.8%	43.5%					10-'14	34.1%	 3.8%	62.1%

1/ Brazos, Burleson, and Robertson counties.

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