Flanked by booming economies and community growth, New Mexico is likely to watch its population count plateau in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and then slowly decline with a pronounced drop in school- and working-aged residents and a drain on rural areas, authors of a report on demographic trends announced Thursday.eport from the Legislature’s budget and accountability office adds to indications in the 2020 census of a slowdown in population growth across large swaths of the high-desert state. It suggests that schools and universities in particular may want to plan accordingly to conserve resources and adapt.Flanked by booming economies and community growth, New Mexico is likely to watch its population count plateau in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and then slowly decline with a pronounced drop in school- and working-aged residents and a drain on rural areas, authors of a report on demographic trends announced Thursday.
The report from the Legislature’s budget and accountability office adds to indications in the 2020 census of a slowdown in population growth across large swaths of the high-desert state. It suggests that schools and universities in particular may want to plan accordingly to conserve resources and adapt. At the same time, an increase in the number of elderly residents will place a greater financial strain on programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. There about 2.1 million residents in the state with a land area similar in size as Italy.
“In about a decade, New Mexico is projected to start seeing overall declines in population. … Declines in younger ages and rural areas will continue and likely be exacerbated by Covid-19,” states the report from staff at the Legislative Finance Committee. “Given the status quo, New Mexico is heading toward having more, older New Mexicans using relatively expensive public services and fewer, younger New Mexicans in school and working.”
Authors told a panel of state legislators on Thursday that the projections, based on the 2010 census and interim surveys, are likely to be revised based on the results of the 2020 census.
The first available numbers this week from the 2020 census show New Mexico’s population grew by 2.8% over the last decade, making it one of the slowest-growing states in the West. In the West, only Wyoming had a slower growth rate.,,MORE
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"Flanked by booming economies and community growth," but our rum dumb democrat government can't see the forest for the trees. This state has the potential to be excellent but we have less than excellent leadership in both houses in Santa Fe. They are more interested in becoming knowm as the Chili Capital of the world, the poorest in education in the nation, and the highest in taxes for which we get nothing in return. Oil, gas, timber, agriculture are all on the back burner while tourists, heads on beds and taco restaurants are high on the list. So now the demographers are saying the state is going to shrink both in finances and youth while the old folks wait for social services to spend their last dime and are unable to take care of those who helped build the once great state of Enchantment. But the politically blind are reelected to sit in the statehouse gathering their pay, reading the New Mexican newspaper and going to lunch all the while clapping themselves on their backs saying what a wonderful job they are doing for this state. Used Oats!
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