New Mexico and County Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau


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Estimated Demographic Components of Population Change
New Mexico Counties
April 1, 2000r to July 1, 2007p            
Natural Net
Numeric Increase4 Inter- Net
Population (Births - national Domestic
County Change1 Births2 Deaths3 Deaths) Migration5 Migration6 Residual7
NEW MEXICO 150,869 204,913 105,298 99,615 33,790 24,955 -7,491
Bernalillo 73,290 64,606 32,603 32,003 12,350 31,513 -2,576
Catron -112 172 235 -63 -1 -18 -30
Chaves 1,213 6,936 4,500 2,436 1,076 -2,036 -263
Cibola 1,666 3,050 1,500 1,550 87 132 -103
Colfax -973 1,141 1,044 97 36 -1,058 -48
Curry 284 6,253 2,698 3,555 274 -3,377 -168
De Baca -324 139 189 -50 5 -268 -11
Dona Ana 24,109 23,305 8,709 14,596 5,331 4,938 -756
Eddy -656 5,278 3,957 1,321 287 -2,043 -221
Grant -1,303 2,686 2,261 425 58 -1,714 -72
Guadalupe -233 387 315 72 41 -322 -24
Harding -94 23 55 -32 5 -64 -3
Hidalgo -987 472 340 132 108 -1,210 -17
Lea 2,532 6,993 3,518 3,475 651 -1,385 -209
Lincoln 1,372 1,629 1,197 432 227 791 -78
Los Alamos 215 1,383 771 612 446 -798 -45
Luna 1,980 3,005 1,880 1,125 1,147 -184 -108
McKinley -4,739 9,862 3,437 6,425 313 -11,364 -113
Mora -111 343 284 59 5 -152 -23
Otero 831 6,219 3,568 2,651 2,168 -3,768 -220
Quay -1,184 802 921 -119 81 -1,105 -41
Rio Arriba -364 5,049 2,444 2,605 596 -3,446 -119
Roosevelt 1,124 2,271 1,090 1,181 108 -78 -87
Sandoval 27,282 9,820 4,704 5,116 501 22,100 -435
San Juan 8,626 14,617 5,740 8,877 914 -704 -461
San Miguel -1,471 2,682 1,941 741 65 -2,178 -99
Santa Fe 13,668 11,793 6,186 5,607 4,999 3,617 -555
Sierra -954 809 1,586 -777 166 -299 -44
Socorro 40 1,794 1,014 780 336 -1,007 -69
Taos 1,629 2,690 1,727 963 423 366 -123
Torrance -317 1,353 860 493 77 -837 -50
Union -382 336 362 -26 39 -383 -12
Valencia 5,212 7,015 3,662 3,353 871 1,296 -308
p   Preliminary.
1   Numeric population change is the difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end
     of the time period.
2   Births are the total number of live births occurring to residents of an area during the time period, as reported
     from the Census Bureau's Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates Program for
     Population Estimates (FSCPE) and the National Center for Health Statistics.
3   Deaths are the total number of deaths occurring within the resident population of an area during the time period,
     as reported by the Census Bureau's Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) and
     the National Center for Health Statistics.
4   Natural Increase is births minus deaths in an area.
5   Net International Migration is the difference between migration to an area from outside the United States
     (immigration) and migration from the same area to outside the United States (emigration) during the period.
     For the purposes of these population estimates, the geographic extent of the United States is defined as
     excluding Puerto Rico.  Net international migration includes: (1) legal immigration to the United States as
     reported by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service),
     (2) an estimate of net undocumented immigration from abroad, (3) an estimate of emigration from the United
     States, (4) net movement between Puerto Rico and the (balance of) the United States, and (5) net movement
     of federal and civilian citizens.
6   Net Domestic Migration is the difference between domestic in-migration to an area and domestic out-
     migration from that same area during the period. Domestic in-migration and out-migration consists of moves
     where both the origins and destinations are within the United States (excluding Puerto Rico).
7   The subnational population estimates are constrained to sum to an independently derived estimate of the
     national population.  The residual is the difference between an area's population as estimated by the
     subnational population estimation procedure before and after imposing this constraint.  The residual is not
     a demographic component of population change; rather, it is a statistical artifact of the procedures employed
     to produce the estimates.
Note:  These estimates are for the resident population of each area.  The resident population includes all residents
(both civilian and Armed Forces) living in the area.  The resident population excludes U.S. citizens residing abroad.
   Population estimates are the computed number of persons living in an area (resident population) as of July 1.
The estimated population is calculated from a demographic components of change model that incorporates
information on natural change (births and deaths) and net migration (net domestic migration and net movement
from abroad) that has occurred in the area since the reference date of the 2000 census.
Source:  U.S. Dept. Of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program,
Population Division.  Data released March 20, 2008.
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.