Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 437,350 in 1970 to 723,798 in 2010. That was an increase of 65.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 2,085 in 1970 to 58,880 in 2010. That was an increase of 2724.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.5 percent to 8.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 52.8 percent.

	Greensboro 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. In it, domestic migration (NDM) was the primary factor in population increase in the first period, and B-D in the most recent two 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 major factor in population increase in each of the two most recent periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	39.5%	51.0%	 9.5%					90-'99	32.3%	51.0%	16.7%
	00-'09	39.0%	30.2%	30.8%					00-'09	25.4%	30.2%	44.4%
	10-'14	43.3%	27.7%	29.0%					10-'14	21.5%	27.7%	50.8%

1/ Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham counties.

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