Rome, GA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 73,742 in 1970 to 96,317 in 2010. That was an increase of 30.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 177 in 1970 to 6,408 in 2010. That was an increase of 3255.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 6.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 22.5 percent.

	Rome 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, NIM replaced B-D as the source of the most added population in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	55.6%	31.9%	12.5%					90-'99	 42.5%	31.9%	25.7%
	00-'09	61.6%	 7.7%	30.7%					00-'09	 39.2%	 7.7%	53.1%
	10-'14	62.0%	 neg.	38.0%					10-'14	 18.5%	 neg.	81.5%

1/ Floyd County.

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