• 2 million: Year 2000 population Juarez-El Paso-Dona Ana County
• 6 million: Estimated population in 2025 of same Paso del Norte region
• 4 million: Estimated population in this region that can be sustained by current water resources
• 798,000: Official population of Juarez, 1990 Census (Mexico)
• 1.3 million: Population estimate of Juarez, 2000 Census, Mexico
• 1.8-3 million: Population estimate by 2015
• 653,404: Legal Residents of El Paso (estimated, 1999)
• 200,000: “Illegal Aliens” in El Paso (estimated, 1999)
• 22%: Percent of El Paso population which is Anglo
• 73%: Percent of El Paso population which is Hispanic
• 5%: Percent of El Paso population in all other ethnic census categories
• 36%: Population under age 19 in El Paso
• 45%: Population under age 19 in Juarez
• 34: Years for population to double in El Paso
• 17: Years for population double in Juarez

• 60%: Percent of Juarez population born somewhere else
• 50,000: Number of Mexicans that migrate to Cd. Juarez every year
• 7,109: Mexicans migrating from Juarez to El Paso, 1994
• 3,394: Mexicans migrating from Juarez to El Paso, 1998
• 2,664: Mexicans migrating from Juarez to El Paso, 2001 (est)
• 4,436,770: Number of people that crossed from Mexico to El Paso, May 2000
• 1,439,512: Number of vehicles that crossed from Mexico to El Paso, May 2000

• 6.6: Infant mortality per 100,000, El Paso
• 32.4: Infant mortality per 100,000, Juarez
• 161: Mortality, heart disease per 100,000, El Paso
• 80: Mortality, heart disease per 100,00, Juarez
• 33.7: Mortality, accidents per 100,000, El Paso
• 63.2: Mortality, accidents per 100,000, Juarez
• $376 million: City budget: El Paso (per capita: $ 576)
• $43 million: City budget: Juarez (per capita: $43)
• 40.7%: % population under 25 with 12+ years of school (El Paso)
• 11.8%: % population under 25 with 12+ years of school (Juarez)
• 1403: Gallons of water used per person per day in El Paso
• 1194: Gallons of water used per person per day in Juarez
• 91.7%: Percentage of population with sewers, El Paso
• 66.9%: Percentage of population with sewers, Juarez
• Third: Ranking of El Paso in safety among U.S. cities with populations of 500,00 or more

• $25-40 Billion: Estimated annual gross profits of Carrillo-Fuentes Cartel, based partly in Juarez
• 30-40%: Estimated percentage of Cartel profits paid out in bribes annually
• 10,000: Estimated number of heroin addicts in Juarez
• 7,000: Estimated number of heroin addicts in all of Italy
• 60%: Percentage of cocaine used by U.S. consumers that is supplied by Mexican drug cartels

• 7-10: Number of women who die each month in Juarez due to cervical cancer
• 4: Number of domestic violence crisis shelters in all of Mexico I 2000
• 410: Number of women estimated murdered in Juarez since 1993

WORK

• 200,000: Number of people working in maquiladoras in Juarez in 2000
• 238,251: Number of children age 9 and younger working in Juarez, 2000
• $5 - $6: Average daily factory wage, Juarez (in U.S. dollars)
• $ 27.50: Minimum daily wage of police officer, Juarez
• $ 42.00: Minimum Wage, 8-hour day in U.S.
• $ 27,700: Average annual salary in El Paso (2000)