Odessa, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 91,805 in 1970 to 137,130 in 2010. That was an increase of 49.4 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 996 in 1970 to 15,631 in 2010. That was an increase of 1469.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.1 percent to 11.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 33.0 percent.

	Odessa 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 relative positions of the factors adding population remained unchanged.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	78.8%	 neg.	21.2%					90-'99	 56.7%	 neg.	43.3%
	00-'09	84.2%	 5.9%	 9.9%					00-'09	 52.6%	 5.9%	41.5%
	10-'14	38.9%	60.1%	 neg.					10-'14	 23.7%	60.1%	16.2%

1/ Ector County.

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