Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 117,743 in 1970 to 147,161 in 2010. That was an increase of 25.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 243 in 1970 to 2,651 in 2010. That was an increase of 990.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.2 percent to 1.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 23.0 percent.

	Florence 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 the first period, while NDM did so 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, the factors maintained the same roles in adding population.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	55.9%	39.4%	 4.7%					90-'99	 52.8%	39.4%	 7.8%
	00-'09	10.5%	58.6%	31.0%					00-'09	  neg.	51.4%	48.6%
	10-'14	 neg.	73.8%	26.2%					10-'14	  neg.	65.7%	34.3%

1/ Colbert and Lauderdale counties.

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