Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 205,940 in 1970 to 257,940 in 2010. That was an increase of 25.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 2,297 in 1970 to 6,430 in 2010. That was an increase of 179.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.1 percent to 2.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 23.5 percent.

	Cedar Rapids 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 remained the primary factor in population increase in all periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	67.3%  27.2%     5.5%					90-'99	62.7%	27.2%	10.0%
	00-'09	67.8%  22.1%	10.0%					00-'09	61.3%	22.1%	16.5%
	10-'14	78.7%   neg.	21.3%					10-'14	69.1%	 neg.	30.9%

1/ Benton, Jones, and Linn counties.

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