NEW NUMBERS FROM THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU SHOW ALBUQUERQUE REMAINS THE 32ND LARGEST CITY IN THE U-S, WITH A POPULATION OF JUST OVER 557-THOUSAND. BUT THE CITY HAS GROWN BY ONLY 2-PERCENT THIS DECADE.
AND BRIAN SANDEROFF WITH RESEARCH AND POLLING INC SAYS WEAK JOB GROWTH IS ONE MAIN FACTOR. HE SAYS THE CITY’S HAD A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF THE RECESSION WHILE STATE’S NEARBY … TEXAS, COLORADO, AND ARIZONA … HAVE FARED BETTER.
SANDEROFF SAYS MOST OF ALBUQUERQUE’S GROWTH IS NATURAL, WITH MORE BIRTHS THAN DEATHS. HE SAYS THINGS HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS DECADE, WHEN ALBUQUERQUE’S POPULATION GREW BY 22-PERCENT.
