Midland, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 70,207 in 1970 to 141,478 in 2010. That was an increase of 101.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,057 in 1970 to 11,204 in 2010. That was an increase of 960.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.5 percent to 7.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 88.4 percent.

	Midland 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 factor in population increase in the first two periods, replaced by NDM 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 factors of added population retained the same relationship.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	82.4%	 neg.	17.4%					90-'99	65.3%	 neg.	34.7%
	00-'09	60.0%	30.6%	 9.4%					00-'09	43.7%	30.6%	25.7%
	10-'14	33.3%	64.3%	 2.3%					10-'14	25.0%	64.3%	10.7%

1/ Martin and Midland counties.

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