Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 125,649 in 1970 to 230,713 in 2010. That was an increase of 83.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 505 in 1970 to 6,542 in 2010. That was an increase of 1195.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.4 percent to 2.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 79.1 percent.

	Tuscaloosa 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 adding 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, B-D remained the principal factor adding population in the first two periods, but NDM had that role in the latest period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	72.5%	26.3%	 1.2%					90-'99	 67.6%	26.3%	 6.1%
	00-'09	60.9%	19.0%	20.1%					00-'09	 53.1%	19.0%	27.9%
	10-'14	44.6%	41.2%	14.2%					10-'14	 36.9%	41.2%	21.9%

1/ Hale, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa counties.

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