Wow! nearly 90,00. Dona Ana County should reach 200,000
I can’t believe how long it has been since I last posted on the blog. This post has some great info if you are considering a move to Las Cruces NM. Hope you enjoy it and please leave a comment.
Dona Ana County is the second most populated county in the state of New Mexico, with an estimated population of 193,000 in July 2006, per the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
The growth rate is 1.8 percent, if this continues, the county should reach a population of 200,000 in early 2008. ( whoa, that’s right now) Las Cruces is New Mexico’s second largest city with an estimated population of 86,268 as of July 2006.
According to the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, the largest employer in the county are the Las Cruses Public Schools, NMSU, White Sands Missile Range the City of Las Cruces and the Gadsen Independent School District.
Las Cruces still is enjoying steady growth despite the rest of the country being hit particularly hard by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Las Cruces is experiencing a down turn in home-building, however it isn’t considered a crisis. The number of homes on the market is finally starting to come down along with interest rates. (51/8 as of this post).
Hope you all find this information help-full, come back soon, I am preparing a post on the water situation here in Las Cruces.
4 responses so far ↓
Las Cruces Citizen // February 11, 2008 at 12:19 pm |
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Lorneht // March 26, 2008 at 7:39 pm |
thats it, bro
wildstorm // January 8, 2009 at 8:55 am |
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I used to live in Hobbs and drove through Las Cruces a number of times as well as worked north of town over the past few years. Great blog you have.
oSCAR // October 3, 2009 at 3:51 pm |
i think las cruces should grow more because i think its a small town that is over populated. by that i mean like traffic and maybe make our hwys 3 or 4 lanes..