Demographics

Tijuana´s most valuable resource is its people, they have responded well to the great challenge and needs facing the city, forming a strong progressive and dynamic community with a promising future.

Tijuana is a city of migrants characterized by a desire and willingness to succeed in all areas.

Few cities in the world have grown as rapidly as Tijuana. In less than a century it has grown from a small backwater town in to a large metropolis, undergoing the largest demographic boom in Mexico.

This can be partially attributed to its proximity to the U.S. and to the industrial growth caused by foreign manufacturing investment, which has attracted migrant workers from the interior of the country seeking to improve their lives with better jobs.

Demographic Growth

The State population grows at a rate of 5.0% per year. The state of Baja California is ranked 4th in Mexico in terms of growth rate.The State has over three million in habitants. Tijuana´s growth rate makes the city the fastest growing in the state of Baja. Tijuana´s population represents almost half of the States total residents (49.4%), The city has an annual growth rate of 5.2%.

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Us-Mexico Border Demographics

Tijuana-San Diego bi national community is the largest of its kind along the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. / Mexico Border Demographics