Great Falls, MT Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Great Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 81,804 in 1970 to 81,327 in 2010. That was a decrease of 0.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 2,813 in 1970 to 1,758 in 2010. That was a decrease of 37.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.4 percent to 2.2 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 0.7 percent.

	Great Falls 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 sole factor in the second period.

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 major factor in adding population in all periods.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	95.6%	 neg.	 4.4%					90-'99	86.6%	 neg.	13.4%
	00-'09	 all	 neg.	 neg.					00-'09	95.3%	 neg.	 4.7%
	10-'14	69.9%	 neg.	30.1%					10-'14	61.8%	 neg.	38.2%

1/ Cascade County.

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