Carson City, NV Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Carson City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 15,468 in 1970 to 55,274 in 2010. That was an increase of 257.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 295 in 1970 to 6,426 in 2010. That was an increase of 2078.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.9 percent to 11.6 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 221.9 percent.

	Carson City 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the primary source of added population in the first period, and NIM had that role in the two most recent periods, although that was negligible in the latest period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the same pattern of factors of population change continued to apply.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	16.6%	67.0%	16.4%					90-'99	  8.0%	67.0%	25.0%
	00-'09	33.2%	 1.9%	64.9%					00-'09	  neg.	 1.7%	98.3%
	10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all					10-'14	  neg.	 neg.	 all

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