Hot Springs, AR Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 54,131 in 1970 to 96,022 in 2010. That was an increase of 77.4 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,025 in 1970 to 4,129 in 2010. That was an increase of 302.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.9 percent to 4.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 73.0 percent.

	Hot Springs 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 principal factor adding population in all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NDM remained the main factor in adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	 neg.	98.4%	 1.3%					90-'99	 neg.	96.2%	 3.8%
	00-'09	 neg.	94.4%	 4.7%					00-'09	 neg.	90.5%	 9.5%
	10-'14	 neg.	97.0%	 3.0%					10-'14	 neg.	86.7%	13.3%

1/ Garland County.

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