Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Niles-Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ decreased from 163,875 in 1970 to 156,866 in 2010. That was a decrease of 4.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 6,095 in 1970 to 8,851 in 2010. That was an increase of 45.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.7 percent to 5.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 6.2 percent.

	Niles 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 all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM replaced B-D as the primary source of added population in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	87.1%	 neg.	12.9%					90-'99	69.5%	 neg.	30.5%
	00-'09	57.3%	 neg.	42.7%					00-'09	36.5%	 neg.	63.5%
	10-'14	37.9%	 neg.	62.1%					10-'14	 6.5%	 neg.	93.5%

1/ Berrien County.

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