Bangor, ME Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 125,393 in 1970 to 153,291 in 2010. That was an increase of 22.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population decreased from 4,151 in 1970 to 4,099 in 2010. That was a decrease of 1.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.3 percent to 2.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 23.6 percent.

	Bangor 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 principal factor adding population in the first period, NDM in the second period, and NIM was the sole factor adding population in the most recent period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the relationship of the three factors in adding population was unchanged.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	90.0%	 neg.	10.0%					90-'99	72.3%	 neg.	27.7%
	00-'09	35.8%	42.2%	22.1%					00-'09	23.5%.	42.2%	35.3%
	10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all					10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Penobscot County.

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