Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 215,048 in 1970 to 376,722 in 2010. That was an increase of 75.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 671 in 1970 to 22,621 in 2010. That was an increase of 3271.2 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.3 percent to 6.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 65.2 percent.

	Myrtle Beach 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. Domestic migration (NDM) 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, NDM remained the principal contributor of population in all periods.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	13.6%	84.3%	 2.1%					90-'99	11.8%	84.3%	 4.0%
	00-'09	 8.3%	86.6%	 5.1%					00-'09	 5.5%	86.6%	 7.9%
	10-'14	 1.5%	93.4%	 5.1%					10-'14	 neg.	91.3%	 8.7%

1/ Brunswick County (NC) and Horry County (SC).

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