Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/increased from 1,403,688 in 1970 to 1,555,908 in 2010. That was an increase of 10.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 62,983 in 1970 to 100,384 in 2010. That was an increase of 59.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 4.5 percent to 6.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 8.6 percent.

	Milwaukee 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 factor in population increase in all periods, and domestic migration was negative in all periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, B-D remained the prime factor in adding population in all periods, but nearly equalled by NIM.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	88.6%	 neg.	11.4%					90-'99	72.7%	 neg.	27.3%
	00-'09	74.2%	 neg.	25.8%					00-'09	57.8%	 neg.	42.2%
	10-'14	75.0%	 neg.	25.0%					10-'14	50.6%	 neg.	49.4%

1/ Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties.

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