Charlottesville, VA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 111,828 in 1970 to 217,613 in 2010. That was an inecrease of 94.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 690 in 1970 to 17,983 in 2010. That was an increase of 2506.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.6 percent to 8.3 percet.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 79.6 percent.

	Charlottesville 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the principal source of population increase in the first period, and B-D had that role in the two most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NDM was the principal source of population increase in the first two periods, and NIM had that role in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	30.6%  61.8%     7.6%					90-'99	24.7%	61.8%	13.6%
	00-'09	38.7%  38.2%	23.1%	 				00-'09	28.0%	38.2%	33.0%
	10-'14	39.6%  15.2%	45.2%					10-'14	23.4%	15.2%	61.3%

1/ Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson counties plus Charlottesville city.

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