San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 1,082,940 in 1970 to 1,836,911 in 2010. That was an increase of 69.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 84,727 in 1970 to 674,341 in 2010. That was an increase of 695.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 7.8 percent to 36.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 16.5 percent.

	San Jose 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 consistently negative, and B-D and NIM each accounted for about half of the population increase.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, international migration (NIM) became the primary factor in population increase in the first period, and the sole factor in the most recent periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	51.7%	 neg.	48.3%					90-'99	 11.7%	 neg.	88.3%
	00-'09	49.7%	 neg.	50.3%					00-'09	  neg.	 neg.	 all
	10-'14	47.6%	 neg.	52.4%					10-'14	  neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ San Benito and Santa Clara counties.

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