I am working on gathering statistical information and made a request to immigration to get information on how many total immigration files they work on per year at the local Chapala office and of that number how many are for Americans, here are the results:
Year / Total / Americans
2012 / 5,634 / 3,498 (62.1%)
2013 / 5,147 / 3,214 (62.4%)
2014 / 2,775 / 1,779 (64.1%)
2015 / 2,428 / 1,631 (67.2%)
2016 / 2,250 / 1,534 (68.2%)
2016 Resident Data (Cards issued in all Jalisco, not just Chapala)
Residentes Temporales: 7,962
Residentes Permanentes: 2,897
Also have been gathering death information, not all local municipalities are in but here are the stats for American and Canadian deaths annually in the municipality of Chapala
Deaths
Year / Americans / Canadians / Other foreigner
2010 / 48 / 7 / 2
2011 / 66 / 16 / 4
2012 / 65 / 17 / 4
2013 / 68 / 22 / 6
2014 / 71 / 19 / 7
2015 / 64 / 18 / 6
2016 / 84 / 30 / 8