Laredo, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Laredo Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 72,859 in 1970 to 250,304 in 2010. That was an increase of 243.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 10,716 in 1970 to 71,807 in 2010. That was an increase of 570.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 14.7 percent to 28.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 187.2 percent.

	Laredo 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, natural change (B-D) was the primary factor in population increase in all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM replaced B-D as the principal factor adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	61.6%	 8.2%	30.3%					90-'99	23.0%	 8.2%	68.9%
	00-'09	77.8%	 neg.	22.2%					00-'09	24.8%	 neg.	75.2%
	10-'14	86.3%	 neg.	13.7%					10-'14	27.0%	 neg.	73.0%

1 Webb County.

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