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Table 2 Region-wise percent by residence location in 2000 (Census Data)

From: Do Mexicans care about air pollution?

Regions

Percent of household heads that stay in their birth’s region

Northwest

76.01

North

83.39

Northeast

75.07

West Central

86.45

South Central

70.48

Pacific

92.96

Gulf of México and Yucatan Peninsula

85.99

  1. Source: Own calculations using Mexican Census of 2000
  2. Regions are based on INEGI definition of economic areas. Regional definitions: Northwest (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit), North (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas), Northeast (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas), West Central (Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Colima, Michoacan, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi), South Central (Hidalgo, Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Morelos, Distrito Federal), Pacific (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca), Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula (Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan)