Flint, MI Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Flint Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 444,341 in 1970 to 425,790 in 2010. That was a decrease of 4.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 12,689 in 1970 to 10,108 in 2010. That was a decrease of 20.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.9 percent to 2.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 3.7 percent.

	Flint 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 all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	95.0%	 neg.	 5.0%					90-'99	 87.3%	 neg.	12.7%
	00-'09	91.5%	 neg.	 8.5%					00-'09	 81.3%	 neg.	18.7%
	10-'14	74.5%	 neg.	25.5%					10-'14	 55.4%	 neg.	44.6%

1/ Genesee County.

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