Lebanon, PA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Lebanon Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 99,665 in 1970 to 133,568 in 2010. That was an increase of 34.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,414 in 1970 to 4,681 in 2010. That was an increase of 231.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.4 percent to 3.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 31.2 percent.

	Lebanon 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. Natural change (B-D) was the primary source of added population in the first period, NDM in the second period, and NIM replaced them 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, the same pattern of added population held for all periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	66.1%	18.5%	15.4%					90-'99	55.6%	18.5%	25.9%
	00-'09	18.8%	70.7%	10.5%					00-'09	12.3%	70.7%	17.0%
	10-'14	37.6%	 2.9%	59.5%					10-'14	23.2%	 2.9%	73.9%

1/ Lebanon County.

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