Lynchburg, VA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 165,997 in 1970 to 252,815 in 2010. That was an increase of 52.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 484 in 1970 to 5,954 in 2010. That was an increase of 1130.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 2.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 49.1 percent.

	Lynchburg 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) was the primary source of added population in all three periods.

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 source of added population.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	34.0%	62.6%	 3.4%					90-'99	30.1%	62.6%	 7.3%
	00-'09	18.1%	72.9%	 9.0%					00-'09	13.6%	72.9%	13.5%
	10-'14	19.7%	50.0%	30.3%					10-'14	10.9%	50.0%	39.1%

1/ Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell counties plus Bedford and Lynchburg cities.

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