Nebraska State Immigration

Population

Nebraska's population increased from 1,411,330 in 1960 to 1,830,429 in 2010. That was an increase of 29.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 40,238 in 1960 to 112,178 in 2010. That was an increase of 178.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.9 percent to 6.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 25.0 percent.

	Nebraska: 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 primary factor in population increase for all periods. NDM was negative 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 primary factor adding population.

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

		 B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99  83.7%	 neg.  16.3%					90-'99	71.4%   neg.  28.6%
	00-'09	76.2%	 neg.  23.8%					00-'09	58.6%   neg.  41.4%
	10-'14	74.8%	 neg.  25.2%					10-'14	54.5%   neg.  45.5%

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