Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 104,274 in 1970 to 235,265 in 2010. That was an increase of 125.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,750 in 1970 to 16,548 in 2010. That was an increase of 845.6 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.7 percent to 7.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 113.3 percent.

	Crestview 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) and NDM were the primary factors in 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 was the primary factor adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	38.6%	57.7%	 3.8%					90-'99	 33.2%	57.7%	 9.2%
	00-'09	52.3%	46.4%	 1.3%					00-'09	 41.0%	46.4%	12.6%
	10-'14	23.9%	61.6%	14.5%					10-'14	 17.7%	61.6%	20.7%

1/ Okaloosa and Walton counties.

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