Alaska State Immigration

Population

Alaska's population increased from 226,167 in 1960 to 713,985 in 2010. That was an increase of 215.7 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 8,227 in 1960 to 49,319 in 2010. That was an increase of 499.5 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 3.6 percent to 6.9 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 203.3 percent.

	Alaska: Population  1960-2010

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. Despite a constant population loss from NDM, the population increased from the other two factors: natural change (B-D) being the primary factor adding population.

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 primary factor adding population.

	Alaska: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 			Alaska: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		B-D	NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	90.2%	 neg.	 9.8%					90-'99	79.2%	 neg.	20.8%
	00-'09	88.6%	 neg.	11.4%					00-'09	74.9%	 neg.	25.1%
	10-'14	76.8%	 neg.	23.2%					10-'14	61.9%	 neg.	38.1%

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