[87] As part of its investigation, the Department of Justice consulted with police practices experts and conducted a comprehensive assessment of officers' use of force and APD policies and operations. The Albuquerque Traction Company assumed operation of the system in 1905. The racial makeup of the city was 69.7% White (Non-Hispanic white 42.1%), 4.6% Native American, 3.3% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and 4.6% Multiracial (two or more races). The per capita income for the city was $20,884. When driving along major roads in the newer sections of Albuquerque, one sees strip malls, signs, and cinderblock walls. It is the principal city of the Albuquerque metropolitan area, which had 915,927 residents as of July 2018. It also serves as an intermodal hub for local buses, Greyhound buses, Amtrak passenger trains, and the Rail Runner commuter rail line. Because of the area's pleasant weather and low cost of living, it is a popular retirement destination. cities. [107] In 2017, the city moved forward with the plans, and began construction on Albuquerque Rapid Transit, or ART, including dedicated bus lanes between Coors and Louisiana Boulevards. The Old Main Library was recognized as a landmark in September 1979. Albuquerque City Council members hold part-time paid positions and are elected from the nine districts for four-year terms, with four or five Councilors elected every two years. On the north side of Old Town Plaza is San Felipe de Neri Church. Population Census 1990-04-01 Population Census 2000-04-01 Population Census 2010-04-01 Population Estimate 2019-07-01; Albuquerque: Metropolitan Statistical Area: … Albuquerque is currently growing at a rate of 0.09% annually and its population has increased by 2.81% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 545,852 in 2010. The city is home to Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Presbyterian Health Services, and both the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College have their main campuses in the city. Albuquerque is a charter city. Discontinuous, small stands of New Mexico olive (Forestiera pubescens var. The foothills of Albuquerque are much less urbanized, the vegetation altered or removed than anywhere else in the city, though the lower areas have been mostly developed in a more dense suburban pattern in mostly developed communities including North Albuquerque Acres, Tanoan, High Desert, Glenwood Hills, Embudo Hills, Supper Rock, and Four Hills. The Albuquerque metro is a major contributor of the Middle Rio Grande Valley AVA with New Mexico wine produced at several vineyards, it is also home to several New Mexican breweries. [125], Albuquerque is the setting for the High School Musical series of films, though they were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah. The primary Bitcoin machine appeared in a stogie shop known as Imbibe in Albuquerque. The real Albuquerque Isotopes Minor League team's name was inspired by the episode. The Rio Grande Valley, due to long-term shifting of the actual river channel, contains layers and areas of soils varying between caliche, clay, loam, and even some sand. The 2019 Albuquerque crime rate fell by 4% compared to 2018. population estimates, july 1, 2019, (v2019) 560,513: population estimates base, april 1, 2010, (v2019) 546,153:. The New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande lies within the Rio Grande Rift Valley, bordered by a system of faults, including those that lifted up the adjacent Sandia and Manzano Mountains, while lowering the area where the life-sustaining Rio Grande now flows. Much of the rainwater Albuquerque receives does not recharge its aquifer. Valley and west mesa areas, farther from the mountains are drier, averaging 6–8 inches of annual precipitation; the Sandia foothills tend to lift any available moisture, enhancing precipitation to about 10–17 inches annually. Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), one of the largest school districts in the nation, provides educational services to almost 100,000 children across the city. During his retreat from Union troops into Texas he made a stand on April 8, 1862, at Albuquerque and fought the Battle of Albuquerque against a detachment of Union soldiers commanded by Colonel Edward R. S. Canby. Currently the city holds a lot of its chronicled Spanish social legacy. The population growth is steady of the city and there are a number of people coming over here from other cities and that has somehow resulted in a good enough population growth. Many historic buildings were razed in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for new plazas, high-rises, and parking lots as part of the city's urban renewal phase. Traditionally consisting of agricultural and rural areas and suburban neighborhoods, the Southwest quadrant comprises the south-end of Downtown Albuquerque, the Barelas neighborhood, the rapidly growing west side, and the community of South Valley, New Mexico, often called "The South Valley". [6][7] The 2019 census-estimated population of the city is 560,513, making Albuquerque the 32nd-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-largest in the Southwest. ABQ RIDE operates a variety of bus routes, including the Rapid Ride express bus service. The large metro station functions as the downtown headquarters for the city's transit department. The Sandia foothills, on the west side of the mountains, have soils derived from that same rock material with varying sizes of decomposed granite, mixed with areas of clay and caliche (a calcium carbonate deposit common in the arid southwestern USA), along with some exposed granite bedrock. Ending up in the wrong place, Bugs consults a map, complaining, "I knew I should have taken that left toin at Albukoykee." Historically it was sometimes referred to as "La Placita" (Little Plaza in Spanish). The Sandia–Manzano Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows north to south through its center, while the West Mesa and Petroglyph National Monument make up the western part of the city. Trash and recycling in the city is managed by the City of Albuquerque Solid Waste Management Department. Find the latest Population of Albuquerque in 2020. At the east end of the city, the Sandia foothills receive about 50 percent more precipitation than most of the city, and with granitic, coarse soils, rock outcrops, and boulders dominant, they have a greater and different diversity of flora in the form of savanna and chaparral, dominated by lower and middle zones of New Mexico Mountains vegetation, with a slight orientation at lower elevations. [87] [67], John Gaw Meem, credited with developing and popularizing the Pueblo Revival style, was based in Santa Fe but received an important Albuquerque commission in 1933 as the architect of the University of New Mexico. Sand hills are scattered along the I-25 corridor and directly above the Rio Grande Valley, forming the lower end of the Heights. Albuquerque's long Spanish and Native American history is easily seen in its population and culture. Other birds include the common raven, American crow, great-tailed grackle, Gambel's and scaled quail, several species of hummingbirds, house finch, pigeon, mourning dove, white wing and European collared doves (both recent appearances), curve-billed thrasher, pinyon jay, and Cooper's, Swainson's, and red-tail hawks. Population of albuquerque (2018 census data): 560,218 people. The limits are by significant urbanization, including much infill development occurring in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The Albuquerque MSA forms a part of the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area. Neil Young's song "Albuquerque" can be found on the album Tonight's the Night. Winter typically consists of cool days and cold nights, except following passage of the strongest cold fronts and arctic airmasses when daytime temperatures remain colder than average; overnight temperatures tend to fall below freezing between about 10 pm and 8 am in the city, except during colder airmasses, plus colder spots of the valley and most of the East Mountain areas. Parts of Sandia Heights and North Albuquerque Acres are outside the city limits proper. The normal age was 35 years. [69] The Old Main Library was the first library of Albuquerque and from 1901 until 1948 it was the only public library. The mountains and highlands east of the city create a rain shadow effect, due to the drying of air descending the mountains; the city usually receives very little rain or snow, averaging 8–9 inches (216 mm) of precipitation per year. [85] Rail Runner now connects Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties with thirteen station stops, including three stops within Albuquerque. [111] There are plans for more investment in bikes and bike transit by the city, including bicycle lending programs, in the coming years. The system grew to its maximum length of 6 miles (9.7 km) during the next ten years by connecting destinations such as Old Town to the west and the University of New Mexico to the east with the town's urban center near the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway depot. According to a study by Sperling's BestPlaces, the majority of the religious population in Albuquerque are Christian.[64]. Being the focus of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District gives an agricultural contrast, along acequias, to the otherwise heavily urban setting of the city. Being a historical Spanish and Mexican city, the Catholic Church is the largest Christian church in Albuquerque. 1. Some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city are here, including: High Desert, Tanoan, Sandia Heights, and North Albuquerque Acres. 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New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885, with Henry N. Jaffa its first mayor. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. There are six road bridges that cross the Rio Grande and serve the municipality on at least one end if not both. The rotunda of the county courthouse is illuminated yellow, while the tops of the Bank of Albuquerque and the Bank of the West are illuminated reddish-yellow. "ABQ third-best metro for making money owning rental housing. Albuquerque's metro GDP grew by just over 4 percent from 2018, to nearly $45 billion in 2019. The Rio Grande is classified, like the Nile, as an "exotic" river. The population of the city proper was estimated at 528,497 in 2009, up from 448,607 in the 2000 census. The ABCWUA expects river water to comprise up to seventy percent of its water budget in 2060. 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"Italian immigrants in Albuquerque, 1880 to 1930: A study in Western distinctiveness. For more information, see Threadex, Metcalf, Richard. This quadrant also contains the North Valley settlement, outside the city limits, which has some expensive homes and small ranches along the Rio Grande. A few houses in the farthest reach of this quadrant lie in the Cibola National Forest, just over the line into Sandoval County. juniperiana), and beargrass (Nolina greenei, formerly considered Nolina texana). [84] [32] The Mid Region Council of Governments (MRCOG), which includes constituents from throughout the Albuquerque area, was formed to ensure that these governments along the middle Rio Grande would be able to meet the needs of their rapidly rising populations. If the mayor vetoes an item, the Council can override the veto with a vote of two-thirds of the membership of the Council.[81]:XI.3. Although the South Valley is not within Albuquerque's city limits, the quadrant extends through it all the way to the Isleta Indian Reservation. [28], According to the United States Census Bureau, Albuquerque has a total area of 189.5 square miles (490.9 km2), of which 187.7 square miles (486.2 km2) is land and 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), or 0.96%, is water.[29]. Summer is lengthy and very warm to hot, relatively tolerable for most people because of low humidity and air movement. The Albuquerque International Sunport served 5,888,811 passengers in 2009. Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia Science & Technology Park, Albuquerque International Sunport, Eclipse Aerospace, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque Veloport, University Stadium, Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park, The Pit, Mesa del Sol, The Pavilion, Albuquerque Studios, Isleta Resort & Casino, the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, New Mexico Veterans' Memorial, and Talin Market are all in the Southeast quadrant. The Bosque ("woodlands"), the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Rio Grande Zoo, and Tingley Beach are also here. Not long after, in 1986, the Bernalillo and Albuquerque government decided that joint powers would work best to serve the needs of the community and created the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System.[70]. Albuquerque is the medical hub of New Mexico, hosting numerous state-of-the-art medical centers. Failure to do so can somehow result in Bugs ending up thousands of miles off-course. Other neighborhoods include Nob Hill, Ridgecrest, Willow Wood, and Volterra. About HomeSnacks. Striped skunks, raccoons, and several mouse species can be found in the city, and mule deer and woodrats occur in the foothills. [20] It is the oldest continuing Jewish organization in the city. Numerous accredited private preparatory schools also serve Albuquerque students. The city is the location of a horse racing track and casino called The Downs Casino and Racetrack, and the Pueblos surrounding the city feature resort casinos, including Sandia Resort, Santa Ana Star, Isleta Resort, and Laguna Pueblo's Route 66 Resort. Amtrak's Southwest Chief, which travels between Chicago and Los Angeles, serves the Albuquerque area daily with one stop in each direction at the Alvarado Transportation Center in downtown. Local cuisine prominently features green chile, which is widely available in restaurants, including national fast-food chains. Commonly seen mammals include the coyote, rock squirrel, Gunnison's prairie dog, desert cottontail, and black-tailed jackrabbit. As of 2010-2014, the total population of Albuquerque is 553,576, which is 23.40% more than it was in 2000. The Big I is the only five-level stack interchange in the state of New Mexico. [53] More recently, a major winter storm in late February 2015 dropped up to a foot (30 cm) of snow on most of the city. The eastern approaches of the northernmost three all pass through adjacent unincorporated areas, the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, or the North Valley. The broader area is home to bobcat, black bear, and mountain lion, and is at the north end of the range of the ringtail and javelina. [95] It was ranked among the Top Best Cities for Jobs in 2007 and among the Top 50 Best Places to Live and Play by National Geographic Adventure.[96][97]. Dominant plants include shrub or desert live oak (Quercus turbinella), gray oak (Quercus grisea), hairy mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus breviflorus), oneseed juniper (Juniperus monosperma), piñon (Pinus edulis), threeleaf sumac (Rhus trilobata), Engelmann prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii), juniper prickly pear (Opuntia hystricina var. The north-south dividing line is Central Avenue (the path that Route 66 took through the city), and the east-west dividing line is the Rail Runner tracks. The median age was 35 years. MRCOG's cornerstone project is currently the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. The downside is that it is virtually impossible to go anywhere without driving. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.02. Many Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts feature Bugs traveling around the world by burrowing underground. Albuquerque has expanded greatly in area since the mid-1940s. [108], Albuquerque has a well-developed bicycle network. The total amount of parkland is 42.9 square miles (111 km2), or about 23% of the city's total area—one of the highest percentages among large cities in the U.S. About 82% of city residents live within walking distance of a park. Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted. In 2009, the city was reviewed as having a major up and coming bike scene in North America. [27], Because of less-costly land and lower taxes, much of the growth in the metropolitan area is taking place outside of the city of Albuquerque itself. Since the city's founding … [21] In 1990, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Albuquerque's population as 34.5% Hispanic and 58.3% non-Hispanic white. [81]:IV The form of city government is therefore mayor-council government. SCORE. [114] Double Eagle II Airport is the other airport. Population of Albuquerque (2018 Census Data): 560,218 people. In 2018, the Albuquerque Police Department began reporting crime statistics using the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). In June 2007, Albuquerque was listed as the sixth fastest-growing city in the United States. The passage of the Planned Growth Strategy in 2002–2004 was the community's strongest effort to create a framework for a more balanced and sustainable approach to urban growth. [19]:232–233 Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s when it was absorbed by Albuquerque. Service expanded to Valencia County in December 2006 and to Santa Fe on December 17, 2008. They serve about 487,000 electricity customers statewide. Ordinances and resolutions passed by the council are presented to the mayor for his approval. One such area is considered part of Albuquerque Metropolitan Area, commonly called the East Mountain area; it is covered in woodlands of juniper and piñon trees, a common trait of southwestern uplands and the southernmost Rocky Mountains. Built in 1793, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city. The west mesa commonly has soils often referred to as "blow sand", along with occasional clay and caliche and even basalt, nearing the escarpment. Albuquerque is a city located in New Mexico. and alkali sacaton (Sporobulus airoides). Spring is windy, sometimes unsettled with rain, though spring is usually the driest part of the year in Albuquerque. Signs between Bernalillo and Los Lunas along the old route now have brown, historical highway markers denoting it as Pre-1937 Route 66. The mountain towns of Tijeras, Edgewood, and Moriarty, while close enough to Albuquerque to be considered suburbs, have experienced much less growth compared to Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Los Lunas, and Belen. "Weird" Al Yankovic's song "Albuquerque" is on his album Running with Scissors. By 1900, Albuquerque boasted a population of 8,000 inhabitants and all the modern amenities, including an electric street railway connecting Old Town, New Town, and the recently established University of New Mexico campus on the East Mesa. Named in honor of then Viceroy the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the Villa was an outpost on El Camino Real for the Tiquex and Hispano towns in the area (such as Barelas, Corrales, Isleta Pueblo, Los Ranchos, and Sandia Pueblo). When the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1880, it bypassed the Plaza, locating the passenger depot and railyards about 2 miles (3 km) east in what quickly became known as New Albuquerque or New Town. 8.4% had some individual living alone who was 65 years or more. Some of the main highways in the metro area include: The interchange between I-40 and I-25 is known as the "Big I". [81]:IV.4[82] Each December, a new Council President and Vice-President are chosen by members of the Council. Such large snowfalls are rare occurrences during the period of record, and they greatly impact traffic movement and the workforce throughout the city due to their rarity. This daylong engagement at long range led to few casualties. The forest now has a large proportion of non-native species including Siberian elm, Russian olive, saltcedar, mulberries, Ailanthus, and ravenna grass. wislizeni) and coyote willow (Salix exigua) is theorized to have been more savannah-like, prior to replanting in the 1930s. [25] During 2005 and 2006, the city celebrated its tricentennial with a diverse program of cultural events. Due to its population size, the metropolitan area regularly receives most national and international music concerts, Broadway shows, and other large traveling events, as well as New Mexico music, and other local music performances. The pre-1940s parts of Albuquerque are quite different in style and scale from the post-1940s areas. Intel operates a large semiconductor factory or "fab" in suburban Rio Rancho, in neighboring Sandoval County, with its attendant large capital investment. It was incorporated as a city in 1891. Agents will aide local and county law enforcement officers in the wake of the George Floyd protests.[89][90]. Locations in the Northeast Heights and Eastern Foothills tend to receive more snowfall due to each region's higher elevation and proximity to the mountains. He retained this commission for the next quarter-century and developed the university's distinctive Southwest style. The exception is some days during the North American Monsoon, when daily humidity remains relatively high, especially in July and August. Daytime weather is typically rather mild compared to parts of the country further north or further south. The pink is due to large exposures of granodiorite cliffs, and the green is due to large swaths of conifer forests. [19] :317 Meem also designed the Cathedral Church of St. John in 1950.[68]. Most freight traffic through the Central New Mexico region is processed via a much larger hub in nearby Belen, New Mexico. After 1821, Mexico likewise had a military army here. The state owns most of the city's rail infrastructure which is used by a commuter rail system, long distance passenger trains, and the freight trains of the BNSF Railway. Males had a median income of $34,208 versus $26,397 for females. The Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Library System consists of eighteen libraries to serve Albuquerque, New Mexico. About 10.0% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over. Limited water supply and rugged terrain are the main limiting factors for development in these towns. [50] On average, January is the driest month, while July and August are the wettest months, as a result of shower and thunderstorm activity produced by the North American Monsoon prevalent over the Southwestern United States. The city and its transit department maintain a policy commitment to the streetcar project. This corridor carried 44% of all bus riders in the ABQ Ride system, making it a natural starting point for enhanced service. [13], Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as an outpost as La Villa de Alburquerque in the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. [127], "Albuquerque" redirects here. Influential New Deal–era governor Clyde Tingley and famed Southwestern architect John Gaw Meem were among those brought to New Mexico by tuberculosis. 2019 Top 100 Best Places to Live ... Population: 573,160 . [119][120][121][122][123] Better Call Saul, a spinoff of Breaking Bad and the 2019 Netflix movie El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie are also set in Albuquerque and the surrounding areas. In May, the winds tend to subside as a summer-like airmass and temperatures begin to occur with regularity. As of the United States census of 2010, there were 545,852 people, 239,166 households, and 224,330 families residing in the city. March 2019 cost of living index in Albuquerque: 92.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Albuquerque, NM residents, houses, and apartments details. Albuquerque boasts a unique nighttime cityscape. There were 239,166 housing units at an average density of 1,556.7 per square mile (538.2/km2). The upscale neighborhood of Four Hills is in the foothills of Southeast Albuquerque. What is the current population of Albuquerque? The council meets two times a month, with meetings held in the Vincent E. Griego Council Chambers in the basement level of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center. As of 2010[update], only recently has Downtown Albuquerque come to regain much of its urban character, mainly through the construction of many new loft apartment buildings and the renovation of historic structures such as the KiMo Theater, in the gentrification phase. 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