Fresno, CA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Fresno Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 413,053 in 1970 to 930,450 in 2010. That was an increase of 125.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 28,595 in 1970 to 286,085 in 2010. That was an increase of 900.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 6.9 percent to 30.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 67.6 percent.

	Fresno 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, the major contributor of added population switched to NIM.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	67.5%	 neg.	32.5%					90-'99	 30.9%	 neg.	69.1%
	00-'09	73.3%	 neg.	26.7%					00-'09	 26.2%	 neg.	73.8%
	10-'14	83.0%	 neg.	17.0%					10-'14	 28.8%	 neg.	71.2%

1/ Fresno County.

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