Dalton, GA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 62,919 in 1970 to 142,227 in 2010. That was an increase of 128.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 71 in 1970 to 21,785 in 2010. That was an increase of 30578.9 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.1 percent to 15.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 93.9 percent.

	Dalton 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 primary source of 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, NIM became the primary factor in population increase in the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	50.1%	36.4%	13.5%					90-'99	 37.7%	36.4%	25.9%
	00-'09	63.2%	 neg.	36.8%					00-'09	 35.8%	 neg.	64.2%
	10-'14	89.0%	 neg.	11.0%					10-'14	 33.5%	 neg.	66.5%

1/ Murray and Whitfield counties.

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