Longview, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Longview Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 131,067 in 1970 to 214,369 in 2010. That was an increase of 63.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 440 in 1970 to 16,507 in 2010. That was an increase of 6351.6 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 7.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 51.5 percent.

	Longview 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. Natural change (B-D) was the primary source of added 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, NIM replaced B-D as the primary source of added population in the two most recent periods, and NDM added the most population in the first period.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	46.2%	38.9%	14.9%					90-'99	37.3%	38.9%	23.8%
	00-'09	59.2%	17.3%	23.6%					00-'09	36.0%	17.3%	46.7%
	10-'14	76.5%	 neg.	23.5%					10-'14	44.3%	 neg.	55.7%

1/ Gregg, Rusk, and Upshur counties.

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