Missouri State Immigration

Population

Missouri's population increased from 4,319,813 in 1960 to 5,996,231 in 2010. That was an increase of 38.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 77,756 in 1960 to 232,537 in 2010. That was an increase of 199.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.8 percent to 3.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 35.7 percent.

	Missouri: 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. Natural change (B-D) was the dominant factor in population increase for all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, remained the primary factor adding population in all periods.

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

		 B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	59.5%	29.3%  11.1%					90-'99	52.4%  29.3%   18.2%
	00-'09	67.5%	13.0%  19.6%					00-'09	57.2%  13.0%   29.3%
	10-'14	70.5%	 neg.  29.5%					10-'14	53.2%   neg.   46.8%

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