Arizona State Immigration

Population

Arizona's population increased from 1,302,161 in 1960 to 6,413,737 in 2010. That was an increase of 392.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 70,318 in 1960 to 856,663 in 2010. That was an increase of 1118.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 5.4 percent to 13.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 349.4 percent.

	Arizona: Population  1960-2010

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. Until the most recent period, domestic migration (NDM) was the largest factor in population change. In the most recent period, B-D became the largest factor.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, net immigration (NIM) became the largest factor in the most recent period.

	Arizona: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 		Arizona: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	34.2%	55.6%	10.3%					90-'99	24.9%	55.6%	19.5%
	00-'09	32.0%	49.2%	18.8%					00-'09	20.3%	49.2%	30.5%
	10-'14	52.5%	32.4%	15.1%					10-'14	28.6%	32.4%	39.1%

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