A demographic analysis of population changes and their implications in MTxico City, MTxico was performed. The results of the analysis are presented in this paper.
"MTxico City" refers to the entire Metropolitan Area, or the "Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de MTxico" (ZMCM). The ZMCM is formed by the "Federal District," which is the MTxico's capital area, and those communities of the surrounding State of MTxico (of which there are 58 in 2000). The Federal District covers less than one third of the surface area of the ZMCM, but houses 42.3 percent of the total ZMCM population. The total ZMCM population in 2000 is estimated at 22.3 million (Consejo Nacional de Poblaci=n, 2000a).
Population Growth Within the ZMCM by Sector: 1970-2000
Since 1970, population growth in that portion of the ZMCM other than the Federal district has been much more rapid than that within the Federal District (Consejo Nacional de Poblaci=n, 2000a). Refer to Table 1 on the following page for a summary of population changes in the ZMCM since 1970.
Table 1 ù MTxico City Area Population: 1970-2000
Source: Consejo Nacional de Poblaci=n, 2000a
As the data presented in Table 1 indicate, population growth in the ZMCM over the past three decades has been a dramatic increase of 87.9 percent. Within the Federal District, however, the population increase has been a much more modest 22.6 percent. The population growth in the surrounding MTxico State, however, has been a staggering 208.3 percent (Consejo Nacional de Poblaci=n, 2000a).
MTxico State does not have access to the levels of resources available to the Federal District. Neither does MTxico State have the capacity to develop the level of resources required to adequately support this burgeoning population. It is within the MTxico State component of the ZMCM, thus, that population growth is outstripping the capacity of the economy and the government to provide the jobs and social services ...