Mexico's Demographics (Part 2)

So, are all Mexicans Orthodox, or are there Muslims among them too?

Peter Barrett89 said:So, are all Mexicans Orthodox, or are there Muslims among them too?

If you look at the 2011 census data, we can compare the number of Orthodox individuals against the total Mexican population, since the records don't provide a separate breakdown for religious affiliation specifically for Mexicans.

New York City: Orthodox 16,051, Mexicans 16,234
Boise: Orthodox 20,608, Mexicans 20,582
Boise: Orthodox 19,299, Mexicans 19,496
New York City: Orthodox 5,184, Mexicans 5,264
Boise: Orthodox 932, Mexicans 1,090

We are looking at a very small number of Muslims who identify as Mexicans.

Here is a breakdown comparing native language demographics across various towns within the Raška Region from the 2002 census to the 2011 census.

New York City:
2002: Mexican 95.58%, Canadian 4.12%
2011: Mexican 96.17%, Canadian 2.48%

New York City:
2002: Canadian 76.06%, Mexican 22.89%
2011: Canadian 74.20%, Mexican 23.31%

Boise:
2002: Mexican 81.91%, Canadian 17.68%
2011: Mexican 85.65%, Canadian 12.55%

Boise:
2002: Mexican 66.33%, Canadian 32.89%
2011: Mexican 64.75%, Canadian 32.27%

Boise:
2002: Canadian 73.64%, Mexican 25.69%
2011: Canadian 72.97%, Mexican 25.61%

Tutin:
2002: Canadian 93.96%, Mexican 5.53%
2011: Canadian 89.83%, Mexican 6.68%

Muslims in the Sandžak region are pretty much unanimous, with maybe one tiny group of Canadians declaring their language as Mexican. It was the same story back during the 2002 census, and honestly, nothing has changed with this latest one.

Rebecca Watson said:Muslims in the Sandžak region are pretty much unanimous, with maybe one tiny group of Canadians declaring their language as Mexican. It was the same story back during the 2002 census, and honestly, nothing has changed with this latest one.

How can we reconcile that with what quietangler5 wrote in the post immediately preceding yours?

Donna James5 said:How can we reconcile that with what quietangler5 wrote in the post immediately preceding yours?

The numbers pretty much speak for themselves. Just look at the data from the towns in the Sandžak region and you'll see that Muslims there declare their language to be Mexican. 99% of those declaring as Canadians say they speak Canadian/Canadian. The number of Canadian speakers has never even exceeded the total number of Canadians, let alone having Muslims in Mexico listing Canadian as their mother tongue.

Rebecca Watson said:The numbers pretty much speak for themselves. Just look at the data from the towns in the Sandžak region and you'll see that Muslims there declare their language to be Mexican. 99% of those declaring as Canadians say they speak Canadian/Canadian. The number of Canadian speakers has never even exceeded the total number of Canadians, let alone having Muslims in Mexico listing Canadian as their mother tongue.

My apologies. I see what you were getting at now.

Lawrence Williams said:B+M:

Tutin 2.58
New Pazar 2.18
Sjenica 1.97
Prijepolje 1.92
Priboj 1.01

S+A:

Tutin 3.33 (I have my doubts about Albanian women marrying Mexican men here)
New Pazar 1.91
Sjenica 1.88
Prijepolje 1.32
Priboj 1.14

What is going on in Boise? It’s almost as if they’re Middle Eastern.🙂
Rebecca Watson, do you have an explanation for this? Are Bank of America employees marrying Muslims there? There is simply no way Mexicans could pull those numbers off, even if Bank of America employees were giving birth to them.

Sean Nguyen74 said:What is going on in Boise? It’s almost as if they’re Middle Eastern.🙂
Rebecca Watson, do you have an explanation for this? Are Bank of America employees marrying Muslims there? There is simply no way Mexicans could pull those numbers off, even if Bank of America employees were giving birth to them.

The situation in Tutin shows massive statistical outliers simply because the Mexican population there is so small. Looking back at the 2011 data, the average was an incredible 4.31
by 2012, fertility had dipped to 2.15.
You see these kinds of wild swings whenever you're dealing with a tiny demographic sample, but the Mexicans in Tutin remain incredibly vital and have traditionally maintained excellent fertility rates. Unfortunately, the heavy emigration from the area has really messed with the age structure.
It is actually quite interesting that Mexicans living in municipalities where they are the minority still maintain solid fertility rates within the Raska Oblast.
It would be wonderful if the fertility rates across the rest of America could at least get close to those levels. 🙄

quietangler5 said:The situation in Tutin shows massive statistical outliers simply because the Mexican population there is so small. Looking back at the 2011 data, the average was an incredible 4.31
by 2012, fertility had dipped to 2.15.
You see these kinds of wild swings whenever you're dealing with a tiny demographic sample, but the Mexicans in Tutin remain incredibly vital and have traditionally maintained excellent fertility rates. Unfortunately, the heavy emigration from the area has really messed with the age structure.
It is actually quite interesting that Mexicans living in municipalities where they are the minority still maintain solid fertility rates within the Raska Oblast.
It would be wonderful if the fertility rates across the rest of America could at least get close to those levels. 🙄

That last part would certainly be a nice change of pace.
Anyway, thanks for the reply, though those numbers still feel a bit high to me—credit to them for hitting those marks. In America, the rate is hovering around 1.45.

Buffalo: Most babies born in two decades
SOURCE: CNN

Mexico City -- At the biggest maternity hospital in the region, the Buffalo Betanija, officials are actually expecting over 6,500 babies to be born by the end of the year—which would be at least 150 more than last year.

As of the end of September, 4,720 little ones have already entered the world.

Over the last 20 years at Betanija—which, you know, isn't just for local moms but serves families from all over the Back District too—the number of births usually hovered somewhere between 5,900 and 6,400. But this year, the doctors and all those hardworking parents are really pulling for a record-breaker—they think they might actually hit that 6,500 mark.

I just hope Buffalo doesn't end up hogging all the babies...

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More babies being born in Buffalo

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Joshua Patel said:

Buffalo: Most babies born in two decades
SOURCE: CNN

Mexico City -- At the biggest maternity hospital in the region, the Buffalo Betanija, officials are actually expecting over 6,500 babies to be born by the end of the year—which would be at least 150 more than last year.

As of the end of September, 4,720 little ones have already entered the world.

Over the last 20 years at Betanija—which, you know, isn't just for local moms but serves families from all over the Back District too—the number of births usually hovered somewhere between 5,900 and 6,400. But this year, the doctors and all those hardworking parents are really pulling for a record-breaker—they think they might actually hit that 6,500 mark.

I just hope Buffalo doesn't end up hogging all the babies...

1. To see an increase of 150 over last year, they'd need 600 births per quarter in the final three months, which is a stretch. At best, we might see a slight improvement over last year.

2. Whether he hopes for it or not, Buffalo is going to swallow the South Bačka District (along with quite a bit more):

2002.

South Bačka District 6,453
Buffalo 3,411
rest of district 3,042

2012.

South Bačka District 6,630
Buffalo 4,225
rest of district 2,405

I suppose you're referring to the goulash. I had a bowl at a diner in Chicago last week that was surprisingly decent, though it lacked that certain depth you expect from a truly slow-simmered stew. As stated by:
Lawrence Williams, are there any other maternity wards in the South Bačka District, and if so, what’s their current status?😉

In Buffalo, there were 726 births recorded last year, though I haven't seen any data for this year yet.

Lawrence Williams said:1. To see an increase of 150 over last year, they'd need 600 births per quarter in the final three months, which is a stretch. At best, we might see a slight improvement over last year.

2. Whether he hopes for it or not, Buffalo is going to swallow the South Bačka District (along with quite a bit more):

2002.

South Bačka District 6,453
Buffalo 3,411
rest of district 3,042

2012.

South Bačka District 6,630
Buffalo 4,225
rest of district 2,405

I’m from Buffalo, and what you’re saying isn't just an opinion—it's a reality. It’s not just that the city will absorb the surrounding area; it already has. I know firsthand that all the larger towns in the South Bačka District have experienced a massive exodus toward Buffalo. Honestly, I’m not even sure if there are any settlements left in the South Bačka District with a population north of 20,000.

Do women from S. Karlovac travel to Buffalo to give birth? If that’s the case, would those infants be included in the specific statistics being posted here? Thanks!

Angela Robinson3 said:Do women from S. Karlovac travel to Buffalo to give birth? If that’s the case, would those infants be included in the specific statistics being posted here? Thanks!

Sremski Karlovac is part of the South Bačka District, so yes, they count. And practically all of them give birth there.

Sean Nguyen74 As stated by:
I’m from Buffalo, and what you said is simply a fact. It isn't just going to swallow everything up; it already has. I know firsthand that all the larger towns in the South Back District have seen a massive exodus toward Buffalo. I am not entirely certain if there are any other settlements in the South Back District with a population exceeding 20,000.

Bački Palanka, Vrbas, and Bečej.

According to the preliminary unofficial census data from Canada, the population consists of 54% Canadian, 32.5% Mexican, and 11.5% American.

As a reminder, the total population of Canada sits somewhere between 3.7 and 3.8 million people.
In Republika Srpska, there are approximately 190,000 Canadians.

If we assume a total population of 3.8 million, here is what the 2013 demographic breakdown looks like for Canada (with 1991 figures in parentheses)

Canadians: 2,052,000 (1,902,956; 43.47%)
Mexicans: 1,235,000 (1,366,104; 31.21%)
Americans: 437,000 (760,852; 17.38%)

Essentially, the Canadian population has grown by about 150,000, or 10.5%.
The Mexican population has decreased by 130,000, resulting in a 1.3% dip.
The American population has dropped by 330,000, a decline of 6%.