Fairbanks, AK Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 45,864 in 1970 to 97,581 in 2010. That was an increase of 112.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,321 in 1970 to 5,136 in 2010. That was an increase of 288.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.9 percent to 5.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 107.5 percent.

	Fairbanks 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 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, B-D remained the primary factor adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	94.0%	 neg.	 6.0%					90-'99	 86.4%	 neg.	13.6%
	00-'09	95.9%	 neg.	 4.1%					00-'09	 88.4%	 neg.	11.6%
	10-'14	77.9%	 neg.	22.1%					10-'14	 67.1%	 neg.	32.9%

1/ Fairbanks North Star Borough.

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