Johnson City, TN Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 131,753 in 1970 to 198,716 in 2010. That was an increase of 50.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 418 in 1970 to 4,951 in 2010. That was an increase of 1084.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 2.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 47.5 percent.

	Johnson City 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the principal factor in 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, NDM remained the primary factor in adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	14.4%	81.3%	 4.3%					90-'99	11.8%	81.3%	 6.9%
	00-'09	 2.5%	89.4%	 8.1%					00-'09	 neg.	88.3%	11.7%
	10-'14	 neg.	84.5%	15.5%					10-'14	 neg.	75.6%	24.4%

1/ Carter, Unicoi, and Washington counties.

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