Vermont State Immigration

Population

Vermont's population increased from 389,881 in 1960 to 625,960 in 2010. That was an increase of 60.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 23,336 in 1960 to 27,560 in 2010. That was an increase of 18.1 percent. The foreign-born share decreased from 6.0 percent in 1960 to 4.4 percent in 2010.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 63.2 percent.

	Vermont: 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. The largest factor contributing to population increase in all periods was B-D.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM surpassed B-D as the largest contributor to population increase in the most recent two periods.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99  67.8%	17.1%  15.1%					90-'99	55.3%  17.1%  27.6%
	00-'09	71.6%	 neg.  28.4%					00-'09	43.9%   neg.  56.1%
	10-'14	50.1%	 neg.  49.9%					10-'14	18.5%   neg.  81.5%

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