Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 376,430 in 1970 to 823,318 in 2010. That was an increase of 118.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 27,086 in 1970 to 189,975 in 2010. That was an increase of 601.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 7.2 percent to 23.1 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 81.3 percent.

	Oxnard 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.

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 factor adding population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	65.0%	 neg.	35.0%					90-'99	 30.7%	 neg.	69.3%
	00-'09	71.3%	 neg.	28.7%					00-'09	 22.2%	 neg.	77.8%
	10-'14	76.1%	 neg.	23.9%					10-'14	 16.4%	 neg.	83.6%

1/ Ventura County.

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