Albuquerque residents experience an average poverty rate, an average unemployment rate, and about the same median earnings as residents of most other peer Southwest cities.

INDICATORS

• 10.1 Residents Living in Poverty
• 10.2 Unemployment Rate
• 10.3 Median Earnings for Full-Time Employed Individuals

  LOCAL TREND:

Poverty in Albuquerque has remained relatively stable, with no obvious trend during the past 5 years. Unemployment in Albuquerque has steadily delined over the past few years and dipping below 4%, but jumped sharply for October 2008. Median earnings for full-time employees in Albuquerque are about the same as they were for 2002.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

Compared to peer cities in the Southwest, Albuquerque has an average percentage of adults and families living in poverty. Unemployment is about the same in Albuquerque as it is in peer cities. Median earnings in Albuquerque are about the same as other peer Southwest cities.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

In 2007, Albuquerque citizens rated this Desired Community Condition as being important, and perceive that progress has been made in this area. Women rated the achievement of this Desired Community Condition as being more important than did men; the relationship between the importance of the condition and the gender of the respondent was true to a statistically significant degree. Although men and women perceived the importance of this condition as different, there was no difference between the perceived progress based on the gender of the respondent.

Opportunity to Continue to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Stable
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	Similar
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Matches

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