Revised income data at the U.S. and state level was release by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on March 26, 2008. We've revised data for total personal income, per capita personal income and average wages/salary per job. Data for average wages/salary are not yet available for 2007. Go to our Economic Data page and look under the U.S. or New Mexico section for income and wage data.
The Census Bureau released 2007 population estimates for counties and metro areas on March 27th. We've formatted tables showing estimates from April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) to 2007 along with the components of change. Go to our Population Estimates and Projections page and look under New Mexico Counties or New Mexico Metro and Nonmetro Areas.
Nonagricultural employment has been updated an revised. Our series for the U.S., New Mexico and NM metro areas now runs from 2007 back to 1990. We've also added some growth rate tables (in the Excel format tables). Go to our Economic Data page and look under the U.S., NM or Metro area sections for files.
Three new reports have been added to our on-going MainStreet studies. The purpose of the MainStreet Program is to provide communities with information and analysis to guide economic development in their core downtown areas. The assessments include information on demographics, employment patterns, gross receipts and pull factors, MainStreet district business and employment composition, and regional and local trade area analysis. We've added reports for Deming, Las Cruces and Silver City making a total of 20 community reports available.
We have completed all of the one-page Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) maps we were creating for New Mexico. ZCTAs approximate Zip Code delivery areas for census data tabulations. You can get decennial census data for ZCTAs as well as for other Census geography. Having handy one-page ZCTA maps to go with ZCTA data is very useful.
New building permit data has been added for 2007 along with revisions for 2006. We show new residential (single-family and multi-family separately) and nonresidential activity for the top 10 places in the state along with a statewide total. Go to New Mexico Building Permits for files.
We've updated annual average covered wage data through 2006. We now have these data, published by the New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions, by county from 2001 to 2006. Go to our Annual Average Covered Wages by County page for links to these data tables.
The Census Bureau released new state and county estimates of persons below poverty and median household income on January 9, 2008. We've formatted data tables showing estimates of poverty for all persons, for children under 18 years of age and for related children ages 5 to 17 years in families in poverty. For the first time we've also posted estimates of median household income by county for 2000 to 2005. (Note: The Census Bureau also estimates persons below poverty and median household income at the school district level. For these data go to the Census Bureau's SAIPE site at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html.)
Lodgers tax receipts have been updated for FY2007. We have data posted back to FY1994 for counties and cities.
New population estimates for the U.S. and states were release on December 27, 2007. We've formatted tables showing the new 2007 estimates with revisions back to 2000. Estimates at the substate level will be available later in the year. For the new 2007 estimates go to our Population Estimates and Projections section and look under either "U.S. and States" or under "State of New Mexico".
We've posted the BBER alternate population estimates by county for 2001 to 2006. The July 1, 2006 population estimate for New Mexico, published by the Census Bureau, is 1,954,599. This represents an increase of 7.5% since April 1, 2000. Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) analysis indicates that this growth rate is low in light of other economic and demographic indicators for the state. BBER estimates of 2,010,570 for July 1, 2006 show a 10.5% increase from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006.