I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
By now we know that New Mexico is lagging behind the nation in responding to the 2010 Census.
But if you’re really interested in how New Mexicans are responding, you can go to the 2010 Census’ interactive map that allows you drill down to the county and community levels, as well as see how well Native American reservations are responding.
The Census, of course, determines a lot of things, most importantly how many congressional seats a state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives.
As NMI’s Matthew Reichbach noted a few weeks back, Los Alamos County tops the counties with an 82 percent response rate. Bernalillo County is in second place, with 70 percent response rate.
Close on Bernalillo County’s heels is neighbor Sandoval County, with a 68 percent rate and Chaves County, at 67 percent.
Fifteen of NM’s counties, however, are under 50 percent in their population’s response to the Census, with Catron County pulling up the rear at 22 percent, the map shows.
As for New Mexico’s Native American communities, the response rate for the Navajo Nation, which extends beyond N.M.’s border into Arizona and Utah,’is 18 percent, compared to a 37 percent rate by Acoma Pueblo.
Check out the map. It’s interesting.
