Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 42,331 in 1970 to 370,872 in 2010. That was an increase of 776.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 5.0 percent to 17.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 121.1 percent.

	Sacramento MSA: Population  1970-2010
	

Sources of Population Change

• 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 and most recent periods, and NDM was in the second period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM became the primary contributor of added population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	53.2%	21.3%	25.4%					90-'99	 32.1%	21.3%	46.6%
	00-'09	38.9%	41.5%	19.6%					00-'09	 16.5%	41.5%	41.9%
	10-'14	52.0%	16.6%	31.3%					10-'14	 15.5%	16.6%	67.9%	

1/ El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.

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