Grants Pass, OR Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Grants Pass Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 36,368 in 1970 to 82,172in 2010. That was an increase of 125.9 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 978 in 1970 to 2,340 in 2010. That was an increase of 139.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.7 percent to 2.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 125.6 percent from 1970 to 2010.

	Grants Pass 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 negative and domestic migration (NDM) accounted for most of the added 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 same pattern continued to apply.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	 neg.	97.5%	 2.5%					90-'99	 neg.	95.2%	 4.8%
	00-'09	 neg.	98.1%	 1.9%					00-'09	 neg.	94.3%	 5.7%
	10-'14	 neg.	98.6%	 1.4%					10-'14	 neg.	93.7%	 6.3%

1 Josephine County.

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