Yakima, WA Metro Area Immigration

Population

The Yakima Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population 1 increased from 144,971 in 1970 to 243,231 in 2010. That was an increase of 67.8 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 5,264 in 1970 to 41,930 in 2010. That was an increase of 696.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.6 percent to 17.2 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 44.1 percent.

	Yakima 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. In it, natural change (B-D) was the chief 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 was replaced by NIM as the chief source of added population in all periods.

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

		B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	  NIM	
	90-'99	63.1%	 neg.	36.9%					90-'99	36.7%	 neg.	63.6%
	00-'09	72.2%	 neg.	27.8%					00-'09	33.6%	 neg.	66.4%
	10-'14	95.6%	 neg.	 4.4%					10-'14	40.7%	 neg.	59.3%

1/ Yakima County.

Links:

MSA Factsheets by state, and alphabetically.

Home Page