The number of Americans residing in Mexico has skyrocketed in the last three years
The figure has grown by 70% compared to 2019, the year before the pandemic, to close to 20,000 people, the highest since 2013
The number of Americans residing in Mexico temporarily or permanently increased by 69.9% in 2022 compared to the figure for 2019, the year before the start of the covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Policy Unit Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior. The data has gone from 11,594 to 19,122, a difference of 7,528 people who have been granted at least one of the residence cards that allow them to live in the country on a regular basis.
The US Department of State recommends that its citizens not to travel to six of the 32 Mexican States due, mainly, to “crime” and “kidnappings”: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. Despite this, 1,018 of its citizens live in these territories, which represents 5.32% of the total number of Americans in Mexico. Most of these cases (467) decided to locate their homes in Sinaloa, where the US Executive considers that you should not travel due to these warnings of danger due to “crime” and “kidnapping.” “Violent crime is rampant. Criminal organizations are based and operate in Sinaloa. US citizens and legal residents have been victims of kidnappings”, they expose among the councils on the Sinaloan demarcation.
Of the 32 States that Mexico has, US citizens who have a new residence card chose to locate, as a majority trend, in three territories: Mexico City (where 3,518 people decided to locate), Jalisco (3,427) and Quintana Roo (2,411). The three demarcations thus accumulate almost 50% of the total (48.92% specifically).