Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Spokane-Spokane Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 310,917 in 1970 to 527,602 in 2010. That was an increase of 69.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 9,819 in 1970 to 27,853 in 2010. That was an increase of 183.7 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.2 percent to 5.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 66.0 percent.

	Spokane 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 factor adding population in the first two periods, replaced by B-D in the most recent period.

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 main factor adding population in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	37.6%	55.8%	 6.5%					90-'99	31.7%	55.8%	12.5%
	00-'09	34.2%	55.5%	10.4%					00-'09	25.6%	55.5%	18.9%
	10-'14	58.3%	17.1%	24.0%					10-'14	40.2%	17.1%	42.6%

1/ Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Stevens counties.

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