South Carolina State Immigration

Population

South Carolina's population increased from 2,382,594 in 1960 to 4,636,312 in 2010. That was an increase of 94.6 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 11,140 in 1960 to 218,494 in 2010. That was an increase of 1861.3 percent. The foreign-born share increased from 0.5 percent to 4.7 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 85.8 percent.

	South Carolina: 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. The largest factor in increased population in the first period was B-D. In the last two periods NDM was the largest factor.

The second chart shows the same data but with an adjustment to reflect births to immigrants shifted to NIM. In it, the relative importance of the three factors did not change.

	South Carolina: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 		South Carolina: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		 B-D	 NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99   54.9%	39.9%   5.2%					90-'99	50.3%  39.9%   9.8%
	00-'09	 32.5%	55.7%  11.8%					00-'09	26.5%  55.7%  17.9%
	10-'14	 30.8%	55.7%  13.5%					10-'14	21.8%  55.7%  22.4%

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