Greenville, NC Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 73,900 in 1970 to 168,148 in 2010. That was an increase of 127.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 278 in 1970 to 7,865 in 2010. That was an increase of 2729.1 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.4 percent to 4.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 117.7 percent.

	Greenville 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the primary factor in population increase in the first two periods, supplanted by B-D in the most recent period.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the same pattern continued to apply in adding population.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	46.3%	49.8%	 4.0%					90-'99	 42.8%	55.1%	 7.5%
	00-'09	36.6%	54.0%	 9.5%					00-'09	 31.0%	51.6%	15.1%
	10-'14	58.1%	29.0%	12.9%					10-'14	 47.8%	29.0%	23.3%

1/ Pitt County.

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