Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Watertown-Fort Drum Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 88,508 in 1970 to 117,011 in 2010. That was an increase of 31.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 3,277 in 1970 to 5,971 in 2010. That was an increase of 82.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.7 percent to 5.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 29.8 percent.

	Watertown 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, B-D remained the main source of added population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	92.1%	 neg.	 7.9%					90-'99	 83.1%	 neg.	16.9%
	00-'09	 all	 neg.	 neg.					00-'09	 94.2%	 neg.	 5.8%
	10-'14	65.5%	 neg.	34.5%					10-'14	 57.1%	 neg.	42.9%

1 Jefferson County.

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