Pocatello, ID Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Pocatello Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 52,200 in 1970 to 83,071 in 2010. That was an increase of 59.1 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 819 in 1970 to 1,773 in 2010. That was an inecrease of 116.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.6 percent to 2.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 58.2 percent.

	Pocatello 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 main factor adding population in all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, B-D remained the major factor adding population in all three periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	90.1%	 4.4%	 5.5%					90-'99	 85.5%	 4.4%	10.1%
	00-'09	93.6%	 neg.	 6.4%					00-'09	 88.4%	 neg.	11.6%
	10-'14	89.7%	 neg.	10.3%					10-'14	 81.7%	 neg.	18.3%

1/ Bannock County.

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