Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 396,462 in 1970 to 699,757 in 2010. That was an increase of 76.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 2,465 in 1970 to 27,677 in 2010. That was an increase of 1022.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.6 percent to 4.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 70.6 percent.

	Little Rock 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 all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, B-D remained the primary source of added population in the first and most recent periods, while NDM held that position in the second period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	65.8%	28.8%	 5.4%					90-'99	60.8%	28.8%	10.4%
	00-'09	47.5%	45.7%	 6.8%					00-'09	41.3%	45.7%	13.1%
	10-'14	52.9%	33.3%	13.8%					10-'14	43.4%	33.3%	23.2%

1/ Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, and Saline counties.

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