Elmira, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 101,537 in 1970 to 88,830 in 2010. That was a decrease of 12.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 2,224 in 1970 to 2,192 in 2010. That was a decrease of 1.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.2 percent to 2.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 12.8 percent.

	Elmira 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 major factor 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, B-D remained the primary factor adding population in the first two periods, and NIM had that position in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	90.9%	 neg.	 9.1%					90-'99	 72.2%	 neg.	27.8%
	00-'09	78.4%	 neg.	21.6%					00-'09	 53.6%	 neg.	46.4%
	10-'14	55.9%	 neg.	44.1%					10-'14	 31.5%	 neg.	68.5%

1/ Chemung County.

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