Kingston, NY Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Kingston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 141,241 in 1970 to 182,496 in 2010. That was an increase of 29.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 8,661 in 1970 to 12,748 in 2010. That was an increase of 48.0 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 6.1 percent to 7.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 28.0 percent.

	Kingston 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 for the most recent period, replacing B-D in the first two periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, NIM replaced NDM as the largest factor in population increase in the second period and was the sole factor adding population in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	82.5%	 neg.	17.5%					90-'99	51.0%	 neg.	49.1%
	00-'09	53.4%	13.1%	33.5%					00-'09	 7.7%	13.0%	79.3%
	10-'14	 6.8%	 neg.	93.2%					10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Ulster County.

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