Cumberland, MD-WV Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Cumberland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 107,153 in 1970 to 103,299 in 2010. That was a decrease of 3.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 881 in 1970 to 1,225 in 2010. That was an increase of 51.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.8 percent to 1.2 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 4.0 percent.

	Cumberland 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. The population declined in all periods. International migration (NIM was the only factor adding population in the first and most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, there was little change from the pattern before adjustment.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	 neg.	 neg.	 all					90-'99	  neg.	 neg.	 all
	00-'09	 neg.	53.1%	46.9%					00-'09	  neg.	32.3%	67.7%
	10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all					10-'14	  neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Allegany and Mineral (WV) counties.

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