Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 78,871 in 1970 to 424,107 in 2010. That was an increase of 437.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 2,969 in 1970 to 53,616 in 2010. That was an increase of 1705.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.8 percent to 12.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 388.1 percent.

	Port St. Lucie 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the principal source of added 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, NDM remained the main source of added population in all periods.

	Port St. Lucie MSA: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 	Port St. Lucie MSA: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	 2.8%	88.2%	 9.0%					90-'99	  neg.	88.2%	17.0%
	00-'09	 0.6%	88.7%	 9.7%					00-'09	  neg.	89.7%	17.1%
	10-'14	 neg.	80.4%	19.6%					10-'14	  neg.	70.1%	29.9

1/ Martin and St. Lucie counties.

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