NEW MEXICO'S POPULATION GROWTH IS SLOWING DOWN. THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY SAYS THE STATE'S AVERAGE POPULATION HAS GONE UP JUST 9-TENTHS OF A PERCENT SINCE MID-2007. THAT'S DOWN FROM THE 1-POINT-8 PERCENT IT WAS IN THE 1990S … AND 1-POINT-3 PERCENT FROM 2000 TO 2007.
COUNTIES THAT SAW A DECLINE IN RESIDENTS INCLUDE SANDOVAL, SANTA FE, AND DONA ANA. RURAL COUNTIES ALSO CONTINUED TO LOSE RESIDENTS.
