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Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 528,497 as of July 1, 2009, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as the 34th-largest city in the U.S. As of June 2007, the city was the sixth fastest-growing in America. With a metropolitan population of 857,903 as of July 1, 2009, Albuquerque is the 57th-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho, one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Roughly half the people in New Mexico live in the Albuquerque area.

Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, and Petroglyph National Monument. The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows through the city, north to south.

Albuquerque Cityscape
John Gaw Meem, credited with developing and popularizing the Pueblo Revival style, was based in Santa Fe but received an important Albuquerque commission in 1933 as the architect of the University of New Mexico. He retained this commission for the next quarter-century and developed the University's distinctive Southwest style.

Due to the nature of the soil in the Rio Grande Valley, the skyline is lower than might be expected in a city of commensurate size elsewhere.

Albuquerque boasts a unique nighttime cityscape. Many building exteriors are illuminated in vibrant colors such as green and blue. The Wells Fargo Building is illuminated green. The DoubleTree Hotel and the Compass Bank building are illuminated blue. The rotunda of the county courthouse is illuminated yellow, while the tops of the Bank of Albuquerque and the Bank of the West are illuminated reddish-yellow.

Albuquerque has expanded greatly in area since the mid 1940s. During those years of expansion, the planning of the newer areas has considered that people drive rather than walk. The pre-1940s parts of Albuquerque are quite different in style and scale from the post 1940s areas. These older areas include the North Valley, the South Valley, various neighborhoods near downtown, and Corrales. The newer areas generally feature four to six lane roads in a 1 mile grid. Each 1 square mile is divided into four 160-acre neighborhoods by smaller roads set 0.5 miles between major roads. When driving along major roads in the newer sections of Albuquerque, one sees strip malls, signs, and cinderblock walls. The upside of this planning style is that neighborhoods are shielded from the worst of the noise and lights on the major roads. The downside is that it is virtually impossible to go anywhere from home without driving.

Albuquerque Economy
Albuquerque lies at the center of the New Mexico Technology Corridor, a concentration of high-tech private companies and government institutions along the Rio Grande. Larger institutions whose employees contribute to the population are numerous and include Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, and the attendant contracting companies which bring highly educated workers to a somewhat isolated region. Intel operates a large semiconductor factory or "fab" just outside the city boundaries of suburban Rio Rancho, in neighboring Sandoval County, with its attendant large capital investment. Northrop Grumman is located along I-25 in northeast Albuquerque, and TempurPedic is located on the West Mesa next to I-40.

The solar energy and architectural-design innovator Steve Baer located his company, Zomeworks, to the region in the late 1960s; and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory cooperate here in an enterprise that began with the Manhattan Project. In January 2007, Tempur-Pedic opened an 800,000-square-foot mattress factory in northwest Albuquerque. SCHOTT Solar, Inc., announced in January 2008 they will open a 200,000-square-foot facility manufacturing receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants (CSP) and 64MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules.

Forbes Magazine rated Albuquerque the best city in America for business and careers in 2006 and the 13th best (out of 200 metro areas) in 2008.

Albuquerque Education
The city is home to the University of New Mexico, one of two large state universities in New Mexico. UNM includes a School of Medicine which was ranked in the top 50 primary care-oriented medical schools in the country. Albuquerque is also home to the National American University, Trinity Southwest University, and the University of St. Francis College of Nursing and Allied Health Department of Physician Assistant Studies. The Central New Mexico Community College serves most of the area, as do several technical schools including ITT Technical Institute and the University of Phoenix. Furthermore, The Art Center Design College offers bachelor's degrees in Graphic and Interior Design, animation, illustration, Photography as well as several other disciplines. Albuquerque Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in the nation, provides educational services to over 87,000 children across the city.

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Albuquerque NM Community Characteristics and Facts

Total Crime Risk: 244.0 (100 = National Average)
Population: 519,583
Population Growth Since 2000: 15.82%
Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 70 F
Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 42 F
Male Median Age: 32.1 years
Female Median Age: 34.4 years
Median Household Income: $48,741
Highest Education Level Attained: High School 25.12%, Bachelors 19.56%, Grad School 14.09%

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2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics	Albuquerque, NM		New Mexico
Total Population	519,583		2,021,517
Square Miles	396.38		121,355.53
Population Density	1,310.80		16.70
Population Change Since 1990	34.27%		33.41%
Population Change Since 2000	15.82%		11.13%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014	6.14%		5.84%
Population Male	254,620	49.00%	1,001,074	49.52%
Population Female	264,963	51.00%	1,020,443	50.48%
Median Age	33.20		34.10

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2010 Weather Summary	Albuquerque, NM	New Mexico
Weather Index	152	156
Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature	70.0 °F	72.0 °F
Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature	42.0 °F	43.0 °F
Annual Avg. Temperature	56.2 °F	57.7 °F
Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65)	4,425	4,053
Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65)	1,244	1,415
Percent of Possible Sunshine	76	75
Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10)	4	4
Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days)	168	168
Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days)	61	59
Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days)	4	4
Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches)	9.00"	10.00"
Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches)	11.00"	11.00"

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$179,700 9204 Hendrix Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111

$259,790 6820 Buteos Drive NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120

$234,000 402 Montclaire NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108

$247,299 6909 Mete Sol Dr. SW Albuquerque NM, Albuquerque, NM 87120

$126,809 10648 Megafauna Rd SW Albuquerque NM 87121, Albuquerque, NM 87121

$142,985 10632 Cenote Rd SW Albuquerque NM, Albuquerque, NM 87121

$199,000 518 Bryn Mawr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

$233,000 4936 Marna Lynn Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114

$45,000 1100 Alvarado Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108

$85,000 5005 Brook NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

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