Victoria, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 58,635 in 1970 to 94,003 in 2010. That was an increase of 60.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 682 in 1970 to 5,042 in 2010. That was an increase of 639.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.2 percent to 5.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 53.5 percent.

	Victoria 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 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, NDM replaced B-D as the main factor adding population in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	70.2%	20.3%	 9.5%					90-'99	 61.5%	20.3%	18.2%
	00-'09	84.4%	 neg.	15.6%					00-'09	 68.3%	 neg.	31.7%
	10-'14	48.6%	43.5%	 7.8%					10-'14	 37.3%	43.5%	19.1%

1/ Goliad and Victoria counties.

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