Annual New Mexico Data Users Conference Presentations


Staff from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research organize the annual New Mexico Data Users Conference. We prepare presentations for this conference as well as for other meetings throughout the year. In an effort to make these materials available to a larger audience we post these presentations on our web site. We have also posted the special edition of New Mexico Business that summarizes the New Mexico economy in the 1990s. This was the topic of our lunch presentation at the 2001 Data Users Conference.

If you have any questions regarding these presentations, or about socioeconomic data in general, please feel free to contact Data Bank staff.

ECONOMIC TOPICS
  • 2008 New Mexico Economic Outlook Conference PDF (Larry Waldman, 1/08) Dr. Waldman made a presentation summarizing recent activity and outlook for the New Mexico economy. new
  • Conducting Trade Area Analysis in New Mexico's Small Towns: Experiences with the Use of ESRI's Business Analyst Data and Software PDF (Jeffrey Mitchell, Josh Akers, Molly Bleeker, 11/07) The NM Economic Devel. Dept. MainStreet Program supports more than two-dozen small and mid-size town across NM. BBER assists the MainStreet mission by conducting community economic assessments, including the mapping and analysis of trade areas of downtown businesses. This presentation reviewed lessons learned, with a focus on unique challenges that arise in analylzing trade areas in small towns typical of NM.
  • DataFerrett Resources Word Doc and Exercise (Census Bureau Staff, 11/07) DataFerrett is a unique Internet tool provided by the Census Bureau that helps you locate and retrieve data from different source organizations and bring the data into desktop applications.
  • Quantifying the Economic Impact of Arts and Cultural Industries in Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties PDF (Jeff Mitchell and Molly Bleeker, 11/06) Case studies from BBER on the economic impact of arts and cultural industries in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas.
  • Economic Census and Demographic Applications for Small Business Research PDF (Larry Coalson, 11/06) Case study showing how to use the Economic Census and demographic data when doing research for the opening or expansion of a small business.
  • Data About Small Businesses PDF (Kevin Kargacin, 11/06) Internet sources for data about small businesses.
  • Historical Demographic and Economic Data PDF (Kevin Kargacin, 11/05) Internet sources for demographic and economic data going back over time. Where to find it and how to access it.
  • Selected Applications of Economic Data PDF (Tony Sylvester, Spring '04) Demonstrates selected applications of economic data in real case studies.
  • Economic Data Basics PDF (Kevin Kargacin, 3/06) An overview of core items that appear in tabulations of state and local economic data.
  • Using Databases for Community Analysis PDF (Lee Reynis, 2001) How to use databases to assess your local economy. Shows you how to get the most out of data bases to track trends, formulate comparisons and analyze strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on databases from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
  • July issue of New Mexico Business with a review of the New Mexico economy in the decade of the 90s, conference luncheon presentation (Larry Waldman, 2001).
DEMOGRAPHIC TOPICS
  • Applications of a Cohort-Component Model to Structure Total Population Estimates to Categories of Age and Sex: A Pilot Study in New Mexico PDF (Jack Baker, Adelamar Alcantara and Xiaomin Ruan, 4/08).
  • Population Estimates in New Mexico: Applications to Public Health Research PDF (Jack Baker, 2008).
  • Overview of the BBER Population Estimates Program PDF (Adelamar Alcantara, 11/07)
  • Demographic and Geospatial Strategies for Dealing with Poor Address Data in Small-Area Population Estimates PDF (Jack Baker and Xiaomin Ruan, 11/07) Population estimates for small areas often rely upon geocoding. But geocoding is an imprecise process that fails to assign some fraction of the addresses. This session reviewed results of preliminary research and development on three alternative methods for allocating ungeocoded building permits to census tracts.
  • Census Basics, American Community Survey and American FactFinder Web Site PDF or PPT (Karma Shore, 11/07) Covers decennial census basics including content, geography and maps. Includes an overview of the American Community Survey (ACS) and gives the basic 4-step procedure for making queries on the Census Bureau's American FactFinder web site for decennial census and ACS data.
  • The American Community Survey (ACS): Update and New Features PDF (Lisa Blumerman, U.S. Census Bureau, 11/07) The ongoing ACS will replace the decennial census long-form and has now generated two annual releases of detailed socioeconomic data for areas of 65,000 persons or more. Information for smaller geographic areas is due in 2008. This session covered the 2006 ACS release and what this survey can now provide.
  • GIS Applications for Demographic Estimation and Projection PDF (Jack Baker, Xiaomin Ruan and Mike McDaniel, 11/06) The application of Arc-GIS in the demographic estimation and projection process.
  • Historical Demographic and Economic Data PDF (Kevin Kargacin, 11/05) Internet sources for demographic and economic data going back over time. Where to find it and how to access it.
  • BBER Population Estimates: Methodology Details PDF (Adelamar Alcantara and Michael McDaniel, 11/05) Detailed overview of the methodology BBER uses for their population estimates program. Includes reasons why, the input data sources, the challenges we face and the ultimate goals. (For a brief overview see the presentation below.)
  • Analyzing Map Patterns in Demographic Data PDF (Larry Layne, 11/05) Covers the examination of map patterns to gain an appreciation of the spatial nature of demographic data.
  • Deriving Estimates and Rates with Secondary Databases XLS only (Adelamar Alcantara, 2001) How to take "second best" data and turn it into the information you need. A common sense approach to solving real world problems. The emphasis is on demographic databases but will assist all types of data users.
  • New Mexico's Racial Landscape PDF (Steve Schan, 2001) Census 2000 data on race and ethnicity are more complicated than ever because the last decennial census allowed respondents to indicate their identification with more than one racial group. This cuts through the complexity and assesses New Mexico's diversity.
  • Population Projections Without Trying PDF (Adelamar Alcantara, 2002) Examines methods for short-term population projections.