Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Lansing-East Lansing Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 378,423 in 1970 to 464,123 in 2010. That was an increase of 22.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 9,493 in 1970 to 29,958 in 2010. That was an increase of 215.6 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.5 percent to 6.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 17.7 percent.

	Lansing 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, natural change (B-D) was the primary factor in population increase in the first two periods, replaced by NIM 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, NDM remained the principal factor in population increase in the first two periods, replaced by NIM in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	86.5%	 neg.	13.5%					90-'99	76.7%	 neg.	23.3%
	00-'09	68.4%	 neg.	31.6%					00-'09	52.5%	 neg.	47.5%
	10-'14	45.8%	 neg.	54.2%					10-'14	30.8%	 neg.	69.2%

1 Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties.

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