Lea County, NM
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 49,554 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 50,000 | 0.9 | 446 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 49,700 | -0.6 | -300 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 48,900 | -1.6 | -800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 49,500 | 1.2 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 51,600 | 4.2 | 2,100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 53,100 | 2.9 | 1,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 52,900 | -0.4 | -200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 53,900 | 1.9 | 1,000 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 55,400 | 2.8 | 1,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 55,993 | 1.1 | 593 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 59,717 | 6.7 | 3,724 |
1,739 | 514 | - | - |
| 1982 | 64,227 | 7.6 | 4,510 |
1,567 | 427 | - | - |
| 1983 | 66,164 | 3.0 | 1,937 |
1,610 | 446 | - | - |
| 1984 | 64,992 | -1.8 | -1,172 |
1,482 | 441 | - | - |
| 1985 | 65,293 | 0.5 | 301 |
1,368 | 406 | - | - |
| 1986 | 64,312 | -1.5 | -981 |
1,296 | 371 | - | - |
| 1987 | 60,094 | -6.6 | -4,218 |
1,129 | 388 | - | - |
| 1988 | 58,079 | -3.4 | -2,015 |
1,022 | 417 | - | - |
| 1989 | 56,829 | -2.2 | -1,250 |
979 | 399 | - | - |
| 1990 | 55,765 | -1.9 | -1,064 |
709 | 296 | - | - |
| 1991 | 55,336 | -0.8 | -429 |
1,207 | 561 | 166 | -1,291 |
| 1992 | 56,410 | 1.9 | 1,074 |
1,034 | 434 | 123 | 317 |
| 1993 | 56,652 | 0.4 | 242 |
1,026 | 460 | 142 | -489 |
| 1994 | 57,010 | 0.6 | 358 |
1,002 | 420 | 169 | -428 |
| 1995 | 56,613 | -0.7 | -397 |
888 | 446 | 120 | -994 |
| 1996 | 56,543 | -0.1 | -70 |
897 | 442 | 179 | -734 |
| 1997 | 56,430 | -0.2 | -113 |
975 | 492 | 180 | -838 |
| 1998 | 56,912 | 0.9 | 482 |
978 | 537 | 186 | -237 |
| 1999 | 56,399 | -0.9 | -513 |
996 | 549 | 172 | -2,068 |
| 2000 | 55,511 | -1.6 | -888 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 54,856 | -1.2 | -655 |
1,126 | 615 | 131 | -1,254 |
| 2002 | 55,411 | 1.0 | 555 |
905 | 494 | 102 | 84 |
| 2003 | 55,276 | -0.2 | -135 |
917 | 477 | 88 | -624 |
| 2004 | 55,677 | 0.7 | 401 |
983 | 476 | 81 | -158 |
| 2005 | 56,070 | 0.7 | 393 |
951 | 475 | 82 | -119 |
| 2006 | 56,882 | 1.4 | 812 |
1,053 | 479 | 84 | 175 |
| 2007 | 58,043 | 2.0 | 1,161 |
1,058 | 502 | 83 | 511 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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