Ocean City, NJ Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 59,554 in 1970 to 97,265 in 2010. That was an increase of 63.3 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 2,794 in 1970 to 4,232 in 2010. That was an increase of 51.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 4.7 percent to 4.4 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 63.9 percent.

	Ocean City 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 factor in population increase in the first period, and NIM was the sole factor adding population in the two most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the relative position of the factors adding population was unchanged.

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

		B-D	NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	 neg.	79.5%	20.5%					90-'99	 neg.	68.6%	31.4%
	00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 all					00-'09	 neg.	 neg.	 all
	10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all					10-'14	 neg.	 neg.	 all

1/ Cape May County.

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