El Centro, CA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 74,492 in 1970 to 174,528 in 2010. That was an increase of 134.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,496 in 1970 to 7,008 in 2010. That was an increase of 368.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 15.0 percent to 31.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 89.8 percent.

	El Centro MSA: Population  1970-2010
	

Sources of Population Change

• 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. Immigration was the major factor in population increase in the first period, and natural change (B-D) held that role in the two most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM was the primary factor adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	38.4%	18.8%	42.8%					90-'99	  7.1%	18.8%	74.1%
	00-'09	69.1%	 neg.	30.9%					00-'09	  8.3%	 neg.	91.7%
	10-'14	89.3%	 neg.	10.7%					10-'14	 14.7%	 neg.	85.3%	

1/ Imperial County.

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