El Paso, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 361,683 in 1970 to 804,088 in 2010. That was an increase of 122.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 48,121 in 1970 to 211,686 in 2010. That was an increase of 339.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 13.3 percent to 26.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 88.9 percent.

	El Paso 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. In it, natural change (B-D) was the primary factor in population increase for all periods.

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

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	62.4%	 neg.	37.6%					90-'99	23.6%	 neg.	76.4%
	00-'09	74.2%	 neg.	25.8%					00-'09	20.4%	 neg.	79.6%
	10-'14	80.0%	 neg.	20.0%					10-'14	21.1%	 neg.	78.9%

1/ El Paso and Hudspeth counties.

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