Posts Tagged ‘aging population’
Population Growth Lags in New Mexico
April 30, 2021 – The Line opinion panel looks at population news from the Census Bureau and the Legislative Finance Committee. Recent reports show the state lags its neighbors in population growth, with key parts of the population leaving New Mexico during their prime years. The legislative agency recommended this week that the state rethink…
Read MoreThe Line: Older Population Caused New Mexico’s “Blue Wave” At Midterm Elections
December 14, 2018 – A major talking point coming out of the midterm election was about the “blue wave” of Democratic victories. But an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican by Andrew Oxford showed how the “blue wave” in the last midterm election owed a lot to New Mexico’s “graying,” or older, population. Gene…
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