Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 2,434,539 in 1970 to 6,425,919 in 2010. That was an increase of 163.9 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 34,431 in 1970 to 1,121,166 in 2010. That was an increase of 3156.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.4 percent to 17.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) decreased by 121.0 percent.

	Dallas 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 in adding population in the first and most recent periods, with NDM in that position in the second period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM became the major factor in adding population in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	  NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	51.4%	28.9%	19.7%					90-'99	35.6%	28.9%	35.5%
	00-'09	37.0%	44.7%	18.3%					00-'09	18.5%	44.7%	36.8%
	10-'14	46.3%	35.0%	18.7%					10-'14	22.0%	35.0%	43.0%

1/ Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise counties.

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