Projected Annual Population Growth Rates r/:  
New Mexico Counties
2000 to 2030
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                             As of July 1...
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               2000-   2005-   2010-   2015-   2020-   2025-
County          2005    2010    2015    2020    2025    2030
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NEW MEXICO      1.53    1.39    1.27    1.14    1.02    0.93
Bernalillo      1.30    1.17    1.06    0.96    0.87    0.79
Catron          1.42    1.19    1.02    0.84    0.69    0.58
Chaves          0.59    0.49    0.44    0.38    0.28    0.20
Cibola          0.82    0.68    0.57    0.47    0.39    0.33
Colfax          0.74    0.63    0.51    0.34    0.16    0.01
Curry           0.43    0.39    0.32    0.19    0.05   -0.06
De Baca         0.26    0.17    0.03    0.03   -0.01    0.01
Dona Ana        2.35    2.03    1.71    1.38    1.19    1.15
Eddy            0.68    0.65    0.60    0.54    0.47    0.38
Grant           0.87    0.79    0.67    0.55    0.48    0.48
Guadalupe       1.29    1.14    0.92    0.68    0.48    0.34
Harding        -0.56   -0.63   -0.68   -0.76   -0.82   -0.61
Hidalgo        -0.18   -0.26   -0.29   -0.32   -0.39   -0.50
Lea            -0.14   -0.20   -0.31   -0.43   -0.55   -0.68
Lincoln         2.14    1.75    1.43    1.17    0.98    0.86
Los Alamos      0.39    0.42    0.48    0.49    0.43    0.25
Luna            2.57    2.35    2.16    1.92    1.67    1.51
McKinley        1.64    1.58    1.50    1.36    1.25    1.17
Mora            1.83    1.68    1.52    1.28    1.06    0.87
Otero           0.72    0.66    0.55    0.46    0.41    0.38
Quay           -0.06   -0.17   -0.29   -0.47   -0.67   -0.78
Rio Arriba      0.86    0.87    0.82    0.70    0.55    0.40
Roosevelt       1.12    1.10    1.01    0.85    0.73    0.67
Sandoval        3.57    3.03    2.68    2.35    2.06    1.82
San Juan        1.22    1.14    1.05    0.95    0.86    0.80
San Miguel      1.44    1.33    1.19    1.04    0.89    0.76
Santa Fe        2.05    1.94    1.90    1.86    1.74    1.58
Sierra          2.41    2.09    1.83    1.60    1.40    1.25
Socorro         1.73    1.57    1.42    1.26    1.09    0.96
Taos            1.59    1.44    1.27    1.06    0.87    0.71
Torrance        2.73    2.11    1.58    1.24    1.04    0.86
Union           0.49    0.39    0.34    0.30    0.25    0.24
Valencia        2.75    2.50    2.31    2.09    1.86    1.67


r/  Revised.

Source:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University
of New Mexico.  Released August 2002 and revised April 2004.