Albuquerque is a very large city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 562,599 people and 167 constituent neighborhoods, Albuquerque is the largest community in New Mexico.
Albuquerque is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Albuquerque is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albuquerque who work in office and administrative support (12.79%), sales jobs (10.32%), and management occupations (9.42%).
Also of interest is that Albuquerque has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Albuquerque is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Albuquerque is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
Of the large cities in America, Albuquerque is one of the most car-oriented. This is reflected in the urban landscape, which features highways, wide streets, parking lots, and shopping centers of all sizes. It is also reflected in the statistics: 83.89% of people in Albuquerque drive to work in their own car everyday, most often alone. So, if you're going to live in Albuquerque, you'll need to learn to love driving. Alternative forms of transportation aren't very widely used or supported.
The citizens of Albuquerque are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.46% of adults in Albuquerque have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Albuquerque in 2018 was $31,103, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,412 for a family of four. However, Albuquerque contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Albuquerque is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albuquerque home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Albuquerque, accounting for 49.23% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Albuquerque residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Albuquerque include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Albuquerque is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.