City 1993 1999 % Change
San Antonio 328,853 1,484,657 351
El Paso 2,773,616 7,223,301 160
Phoenix 607,592 1,404,745 131
San Diego 2,248,549 4,771,833 112
Tucson 289,187 587,770 103
Albuquerque 51,667 34,250 -34

(all figures in $000s)

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

This article appears in Feb 21-27, 2002.