Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 133,987 in 1970 to 219,262 in 2010. That was an increase of 63.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 6,384 in 1970 to 13,161 in 2010. That was an increase of 106.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 4.8 percent to 6.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 61.5 percent.

	Burlington MSA: 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 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 continued to be the primary factor in population increase in the first two periods, with NIM in that position in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	68.8%  13.6%	17.6%					90-'99	57.9%	13.6%	28.5%
	00-'09	73.6%   neg.	26.4%					00-'09	54.2%	 neg.	45.8%
	10-'14	64.4%   neg.	27.6%					10-'14	45.9%	 neg.	54.1%

1 Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties.

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