Arkansas State Immigration

Population

Arkansas' population increased from 1,778,815 in 1960 to 2,921,606 in 2010. That was an increase of 64.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 7,457 in 1960 to 131,667 in 2010. That was an increase of 1665.7 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.4 percent to 4.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 57.2 percent.

	Arkansas: 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. Domestic migration (NDM) was the largest factor adding population in the first period, replaced by B-D in the two most recent periods.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the relative contributions to population increase remained unchanged.

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

		B-D	NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99	41.5%	53.6%	 4.9%					90-'99	36.3%	53.6%	10.1%
	00-'09	47.7%	35.4%	16.9%					00-'09	37.3%	35.4%	27.0%
	10-'14	74.1%	 0.4%	25.5%					10-'14	50.5%	 0.4%	49.1%

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