Wyoming State Immigration

Population

Wyoming's population increased from 330,066 in 1960 to 564,460 in 2010. That was an increase of 71.0 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 9,663 in 1960 to 15,843 in 2010. That was an increase of 64.0 percent. The foreign-born share decreased from 2.9 percent in 1960 to 2.8 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 71.0 percent.

	Wyoming: 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 population 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 principal factor in population increase.

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

		 B-D	 NDM	NIM						 B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99  93.2%	 neg.  6.8%					90-'99	86.2%  neg.   13.8%
	00-'09	51.6% 	42.2%  6.2%					00-'09	46.0%  42.2%  11.8%
	10-'14	64.3%	25.6% 10.1%					10-'14	56.4%  25.6%  18.0%

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