NM population over next 100 years on pace to be more urban, Hispanic
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico's Hispanic population over the next 100 years will grow to be the majority ethnic group, regardless of federal immigration policy, a local researcher and pollster predicts.
At the same time, the number of senior citizens in the state who depend on government services will increase, as budgets for programs to help them will shrink.
And, more residents will move to urban areas looking for jobs, while others will work from home to avoid congested roads, said Brian Sanderoff, head of Research and Polling in Albuquerque.
Sanderoff said all of those changes will come against a backdrop of a state budget that is heavily dependent on oil and gas revenues — something that will wither as alternative energy sources become more common and fewer people use the fossil fuels that help the state pay its bills ...
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