Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Kingsport-Bristol Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 241,123 in 1970 to 309,544 in 2010. That was an increase of 28.4 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 440 in 1970 to 4,074 in 2010. That was an increase of 825.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.2 percent to 1.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 26.9 percent.

	Kingsport 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. In it, domestic migration (NDM) was the primary factor in population increase for 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 largest factor in population increase in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	14.5%	80.7%	 4.8%					90-'99	11.8%	80.7%	 7.5%
	00-'09	 neg.	88.7%	11.3%					00-'09	 neg.	84.2%	15.8%
	10-'14	 neg.	85.2%	14.8%					10-'14	 neg.	74.3%	25.7%

1/ TN: Hawkins and Sullivan counties; VA: Scott and Washington counties plus Bristol city.

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