South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area Immigration

Population

The South Bend-Mishawaka Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 288,357 in 1970 to 319,222 in 2010. That was an increase of 10.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 9,739 in 1970 to 15,642 in 2010. That was an increase of 60.6 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.4 percent to 4.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 9.0 percent.

	South Bend MSA: Population  1970-2010
	

Sources of Population Change

The primary sources of population change are:

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 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 continued to add the most population in the first two periods, replaced by NIM in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	89.3%	 neg.	10.7%					90-'99	 74.0%	 neg.	26.0%
	00-'09	70.3%	 neg.	29.7%					00-'09	 53.9%	 neg.	46.1%
	10-'14	66.8%	 neg.	33.2%					10-'14	 45.0%	 neg.	55.0%	

1/ St. Joseph (IN) and Cass County (MI) counties.


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