Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1/ increased from 135,700 in 1970 to 151,306 in 2010. That was an increase of 11.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 1,792 in 1970 to 9,458 in 2010. That was an increase of 427.8 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 1.3 percent to 6.3 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 5.9 percent.

	Wichita Falls 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 main factor in adding population in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						 B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	85.6%	 neg.	14.4%					90-'99	 71.6%	 neg.	28.4%
	00-'09	88.2%	 neg.	11.8%					00-'09	 59.8%	 neg.	40.2%
	10-'14	51.4%	 neg.	48.6%					10-'14	 30.5%	 neg.	69.5%

1/ Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties.

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