New Mexico's Population Shrinking, Census Says

The latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show New Mexico is still losing population — one of the few states in the nation experiencing a contraction, according to a KOB TV report.
New Mexico is one of six states that lost population from July of last year to July of this year. A total of 1,323 people left the state during that time.
Coming on the heels of a loss of 8,809 residents in the preceding 12 months, the worry is that the state appears to be losing the best and brightest of its young people.
Talk to recent college graduates in New Mexico — and those who are about to graduate — and you get the picture. The career opportunities are just not here for most of them. The jobs are in Denver and Dallas and Seattle and St. Louis.
“I know a lot of different places like Colorado are looking especially for people with my degree,” said UNM Mechanical Engineering student Jimmienell Morgan. “I’m an engineering student and that’s my basis on it because I know other places are looking more for me than New Mexico is.”
The latest Census Bureau numbers show Illinois losing 9, 972 people who moved away in the period from July 2013 to July 2014. West Virginia lost 3,269, while 2,664 moved out of Connecticut. Alaska had an “out-migration” of 527 people, and Vermont lost 293.
The Census Bureau says New Mexico had an out-migration of 9,750 people from April 2010 to July 2013.
By: Mike English (Albuquerque Business First)
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