Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 304,744 in 1970 to 2,195,401 in 2010. That was an increase of 620.4 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 11,360 in 1970 to 434,379 in 2010. That was an increase of 3723.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.7 percent to 19.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 500.2 percent.

	Las Vegas 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) accounted for a majority of the population increase in the first two periods, replaced by B-D in the most recent period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NDM continued to be the principal factor in population increase for the first two periods, replaced by NIM in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	17.1%	75.4%	 7.4%					90-'99	10.0%	75.4%	14.6%
	00-'09	25.2%	58.2%	16.5%					00-'09	10.1%	58.4%	31.5%
	10-'14	44.4%	30.3%	25.3%					10-'14	10.3%	30.3%	59.3%

1/ Clark County.

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