New Mexico State Immigration

Population

New Mexico's population increased from 951,025 in 1960 to 2,065,932 in 2010. That was an increase of 117.2 percent.

The foreign-born (FB) population increased from 21,408 in 1960 to 205,144 in 2010. That was an increase of 858.3 percent. The foreign-born share changed from 2.3 percent to 10.0 percent.

The share of the overall population that was native-born (NB) increased by 99.4 percent.

	New Mexico: 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. Natural change (B-D) was the primary component of population increase 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 primary factor in population increase in the first period, replaced by NIM in the two most recent periods.

	New Mexico: Sources of Population Change 1990-2014 		New Mexico: Sources of Population Change (Adjusted) 1990-2014

		 B-D	  NDM	 NIM						B-D	NDM	NIM	
	90-'99   64.0%	 18.9%  17.1%					90-'99	50.3%   18.9%  30.8%
	00-'09	 64.7%	 11.6%  23.7%					00-'09	42.7%   11.6%  45.7%
	10-'14	 80.6%	  neg.  19.4%					10-'14	45.6%    neg.  54.4%

Links:

State Factsheets

Home Page