Wisconsin State Immigration

Population

Wisconsin's population increased from 3,951,777 in 1960 to 5,691,047 in 2010. That was an increase of 44.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 171,519 in 1960 to 254,920 in 2010. That was an increase of 48.6 percent. The foreign-born share increased from 4.3 percent in 1960 to 4.5 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 43.7 percent.

	Wisconsin: 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 contributing to population increase was B-D 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 main factor in adding population in all periods.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99  66.2%	26.5%   7.3%					90-'99	57.1%  26.5%  16.4%
	00-'09	76.2%	 neg.  23.8%					00-'09	61.5%   neg.  38.5%
	10-'14	75.9%	 neg.  24.1%					10-'14	55.8%   neg.  44.2%

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