Albuquerque, NM

1950‑1959:		Albuquerque, NM SMA
1959‑1983:		Albuquerque, NM SMSA
1983‑2003:		Albuquerque, NM MSA
2003‑2006:		Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Bernalillo County, NM	145,673	262,199	315,774	419,700	480,577	556,678	603,783

Sandoval County, NM	12,438	14,201	17,492	34,799	63,319	89,908	107,146

Torrance County, NM	8,012	6,497	5,290	7,491	10,285	16,911	17,456

Valencia County, NM	22,481	39,085	40,539	61,115	45,235	66,152	69,132



Total	145,673	262,199	315,774	454,499	480,577	712,738	797,517
Percent Change	-	80.0%	20.4%	43.9%	5.7%	48.3%	11.9%



Total (as currently defined)	188,604	321,982	379,095	523,105	599,416	729,649	797,517
Percent Change	-	70.7%	17.7%	38.0%	14.6%	21.7%	9.3%

Timeline

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Bernalillo County, NM

Sandoval County, NM

Torrance County, NM

Valencia County, NM

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Albuquerque, NM	96,815	*	201,189	*	243,751	*	331,767	*	384,736	*	448,607	*	494,236	*



Total	96,815		201,189		243,751		331,767		384,736		448,607		494,236
Metro	145,673		262,199		315,774		454,499		480,577		712,738		797,517
Percent	66.5%		76.7%		77.2%		73.0%		80.1%		62.9%		62.0%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Albuquerque, NM

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			111,571	76.6%
		UA Population		0	0.0%
	Rural Population			34,102	23.4%

	Inside Central Cities			96,815	66.5%
	Outside Central Cities			48,858	33.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			145,673	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	none


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			241,216	92.0%
		UA Population		241,216	92.0%
	Rural Population			20,983	8.0%

	Inside Central Cities			201,189	76.7%
	Outside Central Cities			61,010	23.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			262,199	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Albuquerque, NM		241,216	241,216	100.0%

	Total			241,216


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			297,451	89.3%
		UA Population		297,451	89.3%
	Rural Population			35,815	10.7%

	Inside Central Cities			243,751	73.1%
	Outside Central Cities			89,515	26.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			333,266	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Albuquerque, NM		297,451	297,451	100.0%

	Total			297,451


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			404,691	96.4%
		UA Population		404,691	96.4%
	Rural Population			15,009	3.6%

	Inside Central Cities			331,767	79.0%
	Outside Central Cities			87,933	21.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			419,700	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Albuquerque, NM		418,206	404,691	96.8%

	Total			404,691


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			536,501	91.1%
		UA Population		497,120	84.4%
	Rural Population			52,630	8.9%

	Inside Central Cities			384,736	65.3%
	Outside Central Cities			204,395	34.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			589,131	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Albuquerque, NM		497,120	497,120	100.0%

	Total			497,120


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			655,386	89.8%
		UA Population		598,191	82.0%
	Rural Population			74,263	10.2%

	Inside Principal Cities			448,607	61.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			281,042	38.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			729,649	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Albuquerque, NM		598,191	598,191	100.0%

	Total			598,191


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Albuquerque, NM SMA
-		Bernalillo County, NM included as original SMA component
-		Albuquerque, NM designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Sandoval County, NM added


Jun 1983



-		Sandoval County, NM deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Dec 1992



-		Sandoval County, NM added
-		Valencia County, NM added


Jun 2003



-		Torrance County, NM added

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