Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 2,236,645 in 1970 to 5,564,635 in 2010. That was an increase of 148.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 384,379 in 1970 to 2,167,215 in 2010. That was an increase of 463.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 17.2 percent to 38.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 83.4 percent.

	Miami 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. International migration (NIM) 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 remained the primary factor in all periods and was the sole factor adding population in the second period, implying that net natural change (deaths less births) among the native-born population was negative like it was for net domestic migration.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	25.0%	 6.3%	68.6%					90-'99	 neg.	 5.3%	94.7%
	00-'09	28.8%	 neg.	71.2%					00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 all
	10-'14	22.5%	 5.7%	71.8%					10-'14	 neg.	 4.5%	95.5%

1/ Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties.

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