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Snapshot of the Emerging Border Economy

GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE       Length: 2,100 mi.
   OF REGION            Width: 130 mi.
   
   POPULATION           U.S. 6.1 million
                        MEX. 5.1 million
                        
ANNUAL POPULATION       U.S. 3.1%

GROWTH RATE             MEX. 4.0%

REGIONAL GDP            $150 billion

PER CAPITA INCOME       U.S. $14,000
                        MEX. $ 3,700
                        
AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE     U.S. $7.71*
WITH BENEFITS           MEX. $1.36

GROSS EXPORTS BY        $36.8 billion
MAQUILADORAS  (1996)

ANNUAL BORDER           250 million
CROSSINGS

ANNUAL CROSS-BORDER     $22 billion
DRUG TRAFFIC
*El Paso assembly line

DATA: U.S. LABOR DEPT.; MEXICAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS, GEOGRAPHY, AND INFORMATICS; RENEZENTENO; QUADRAL GROUP; BW ESTIMATES



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