Louisiana State Immigration

Population

Louisiana's population increased from 3,257,022 in 1960 to 4,544,228 in 2010. That was an increase of 39.5 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 30,557 in 1960 to 172,866 in 2010. That was an increase of 465.7 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 0.9 percent to 3.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 35.1 percent.

	Louisiana: 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 population increase in all three periods, offsetting a net loss from NDM 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 rose to more than two-fifths of the population increase in the 2010-14 period.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	 NIM						B-D	 NDM	 NIM	
	90-'99	91.2%	 neg.	 8.8%					90-'99	82.5%	 neg.	17.5%
	00-'09	86.6%	 neg.	13.4%					00-'09	75.5%	 neg.	24.5%
	10-'14	73.6%	 neg.	26.4%					10-'14	59.3%	 neg.	40.7%

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