Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Lakeland-Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 227,222 in 1970 to 602,095 in 2010. That was an increase of 165.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 3,895 in 1970 to 64,548 in 2010. That was an increase of 1557.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.7 percent to 10.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 140.7 percent.

	Lakeland 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 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 as the primary factor adding population in the first two periods, with NIM in that role in the most recent period.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	29.1%	59.5%	11.4%					90-'99	19.5%	59.5%	21.0%
	00-'09	18.9%	69.2%	12.0%					00-'09	 8.7%	69.2%	22.1%
	10-'14	16.9%	48.3%	34.8%					10-'14	 1.1%	48.3%	50.6%

1/ Polk County.

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