New Mexico Metro Area Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau

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Estimated Demographic Components of Population Change
New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Areas
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007            
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
  Metro Portion8 151,870 132,509 62,464 70,045 25,043 61,923 -5,141
    Albuquerque MSA9 105,467 82,794 41,829 40,965 13,799 54,072 -3,369
    Farmington MSA10 8,626 14,617 5,740 8,877 914 -704 -461
    Las Cruces MSA11 24,109 23,305 8,709 14,596 5,331 4,938 -756
    Santa Fe MSA12 13,668 11,793 6,186 5,607 4,999 3,617 -555
  Nonmetro Portion8 -1,001 72,404 42,834 29,570 8,747 -36,968 -2,350
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 (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.
8   Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions are based on current metropolitan statistical area (MSA) definitions.
9   Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties.
10 San Juan County.
11 Dona Ana County.
12 Santa Fe County.
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 27, 2008.
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.