Alabama State Immigration

Population

Alabama's population increased from 3,251,785 in 1960 to 4,785,298 in 2010. That was an increase of 47.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 14,955 in 1960 to 168,596 in 2010. That was an increase of 1027.4 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.5 percent to 3.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 42.5 percent.

	Alabama: 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. Natural change (B-D) was the primary factor in 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 primary factor in adding population in the first two periods, but NIM surpassed it in the most recent period.

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

		B-D	NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	59.0%	36.4%	 4.6%					90-'99	54.6%	36.4%	 9.0%
	00-'09	50.4%	31.2%	18.5%					00-'09	40.7%	31.2%	28.1%
	10-'14	61.1%	 5.1%	33.7%					10-'14	41.5%	 5.1%	53.4%

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