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Fifty Years of Change on the US - Mexico Border:
Growth, Development, and Quality of Life

 
Data Appendix
 
    This page provides complementary information for the book Fifty Years of Change on the US-Mexico Border: Growth, Development, and Quality of Life, by Joan B. Anderson and James Gerber, University of Texas Press, 2007.

The following data files include national, state and county/municipio level data for the 25 U.S. counties and 38 Mexican municipios that touch the border, as well as for the 4 U.S. border states: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and 6 Mexican border states: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. The data are from the six decennial U.S. and Mexican population censuses from 1950 through 2000.

The numbering of the data files parallels the numbering of the figures in Fifty Years of Change on the US-Mexico Border which use this data in summary form. For example, the files for total population below are numbered A2.1 to correspond to Figure 2.1 which graphs the trend in population for the U.S. and Mexican border regions from 1950 to 2000.

The data files are all in an excel format and may be downloaded for use. We only ask that if you use this data you cite its source as from the Data Appendix to Joan B. Anderson and James Gerber, Fifty Years of Change on the US-Mexico Border: Growth, Development, and Quality of Life. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2007
   
 
Data Appendix Tables
    Select to download the respective excel file
  A2.1a Total Population-Mexico
  A2.1b Total Population-U.S.
  A2.2a % CHANGE PER DECADE IN POPULATION-Mexico
  A2.2b % CHANGE PER DECADE IN POPULATION-U.S.
  A2.3a PERCENT URBAN POPULATION-MEXICO
  A2.3b PERCENT URBAN POPULATION-U.S.
  A2.4 FERTILITY RATE-U.S.
  A2.5a TOTAL FERTILITY RATE-MEXICO
  A2.5b TOTAL FERTILITY RATE-U.S.
  A2.6a YOUTH DEPENDECY RATIO-MEXICO
  A2.6b YOUTH DEPENDENCY RATIO- U.S.
  A2.6c POPULATION 15 YRS AND OLDER-MEXICO
  A2.6d POPULATION 15 YRS AND OLDER- U.S.
  A2.7a ACTUAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS-MEXICO
  A2.7b ACTUAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS-U.S.
  A2.7c ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEATHS- MEXICO
  A2.7d ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEATHS-U.S.
  A2.8a % AVERAGE ANNUAL CHANGE IN POPULATION-U.S.
  A2.8b % POPULATION CHANGE DUE TO NATURAL INCREASE-U.S.
  A2.8c % POPULATION CHANGE DUE TO NET MIGRATION-U.S.
  A2.10a % AVERAGE ANNUAL CHANGE IN POPULATION-MEXICO
  A2.10b % POPULATION CHANGE DUE TO NATURAL INCREASE-MEXICO
  A2.10c % POPULATION CHANGE DUE TO NET MIGRATION-MEXICO
  A2.11a % BORN IN OTHER STATES-MEXICO
  A2.11b % BORN IN OTHER STATES-U.S.
  A2.12a % FOREIGN BORN-MEXICO
  A2.12b % FOREIGN BORN-U.S.
  A3.1 % HISPANIC POPULATION-U.S.
  A3.2 % SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE-MEXICO
  A3.2a NUMBER WHO SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE
  A3.3 % SPEAK LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME-U.S.
  A3.4 % SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL-U.S.
  A6.1a TOTAL LABOR FORCE-MEXICO
  A6.1b TOTAL LABOR FORCE-U.S.
  A6.2a LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE-MEXICO
  A6.2b LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE-U.S.
  A6.3a FEMALE LABOR FORCE-MEXICO
  A6.3b FEMALE LABOR FORCE-U.S.
  A6.4a FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE-MEXICO
  A6.4b FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE-U.S.
  A6.5a % LABOR FORCE IN AGRICULTURE & MINING-MEXICO
  A6.5b % LABOR FORCE IN AGRICULTURE & MINING-U.S.
  A6.6a % LABOR FORCE IN MANUFACTURING-MEXICO
  A6.6b % LABOR FORCE IN MANUFACTURING-U.S.
  A6.7a % LABOR FORCE IN COMMERCE, RESTAURANTS & HOTELS-MEXICO
  A6.7b % LABOR FORCE IN COMMERCE, RESTAURANTS & HOTELS-U.S.
  A6.8a % LABOR FORCE IN FINANCIAL & SOCIAL SERVICES-MEXICO
  A6.8b % LABOR FORCE IN FINANCIAL & SOCIAL SERVICES-U.S.
  A7.1a PER CAPITA GRP-MEXICO
  A7.1b PER CAPITA GRP-U.S.
  A7.3 REAL MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME-U.S. (1983-84=100)
  A7.5 % LABOR FORCE EARNING LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE-MEXICO
  A7.6 % FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LINE-U.S.
  A8.10a % ADULTS 25+ WITH 16 OR MORE YEAR OF EDUCATION-MEXICO
  A8.10b % ADULTS 25+ WITH 16 OR MORE YEAR OF EDUCATION-U.S.
  A8.11a INFANT DEATHS PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS-MEXICO
  A8.11b INFANT DEATHS PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS-U.S.
  A8.1a % PRIVATE HOUSES WITHOUT WATER-MEXICO
  A8.1b % PRIVATE HOUSES WITHOUT SEWER-MEXICO
  A8.1c % HOUSES WITHOUT BATHROOMS WITH RUNNING WATE-MEXICO
  A8.2 % DWELLINGS THAT LACK SOME PLUMBING-US
  A8.3a % ONE ROOM HOUSES-MEXICO
  A8.3b % HOUSES WITH 3 ROOMS OR LESS-MEXICO
  A8.4 MEDIAN ROOMS PER HOUSE-US
  A8.5a AVERAGE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS PER HOUSE-MEXICO
  A8.5b AVERAGE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS PER HOUSE-U.S.
  A8.6a PERCENT ILLITERATE-MEXICO
  A8.6b % ILLITERATE-U.S.
  A8.7 % POPULATION 15+ WITH MORE THAN PRIMARY SCHOOL-MEXICO
  A8.8 % ADULT POPULATION 25+ WITH LESS THAN 9TH GRADE-U.S.
  A8.9a % ADULTS 15+ WITH 12 OR MORE YEAR OF EDUCATION-MEXICO
  A8.9b % ADULTS 25+ WITH 12 OR MORE YEAR OF EDUCATION-MEXICO
  A8.9c % ADULTS 25+ WITH 12 OR MORE YEAR OF EDUCATION-U.S.
  A9.1a HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX WITH SUBINDEXES-MEXICO
  A9.1b HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX WITH SUBINDEXES-U.S.
     

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