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Rural Population Of Now Mexico Gradually Moving Towards Cities ____________Ih llslnd uh 677.152, compared withALRUQUERQIJR. Oct. 12 W*l — Oncc'iunil New Mexico Ih becoming ultiflc;!.The preliminary 1050 censua re-I mil shown fii pci' cent of the atnle'H \wnp\z livr. in Icw.ir. Vdtil more than 1,000 jjopulnlitm.Ten yonrs ago only 38 par cciil of Urn Htnlo’B Inhabitant* lived in those AJimn rciinmuiUUea.Nearly half of the countkH Sn the Male hnvn fewer people now then they did ft deuudft Ago, deapHoa 27-plti* per cent increnao In theHlnte'H total population.1^%h%i'h v» Onlni Fourteen counties. All predominately rurnl, loat population while 17 others were gaining. llanleat hit won Harding county with n drop rif 50.6’ per cent during tllfl Inat 10 yw*.At the wimp Urn* \h* Inrgw rIt leu all »hnw«d markedled by Albuquerque, Ciulabnd and Roswell.The 1050 New Mexico populationf»,’t1,8l8 In 1910. (r this, ;n 7.259 personH live In the 15 towns of l.UIIII or mote. Tun yearn ago 201.'-3M people lived In those towns, Donn Arm (Inins Poi-r. Ralph L. Kdgd of the University of Now Mexico lunuuu of btmlncHfl ivaenrch interpreted the figures u.a showing a deckled HhlfL Inward urbanisation in NcW Mexlnc during tin* last decade.The Routhrnat corner of the ritntc showed the lurgcrl population Jumps milnidn the. Alhuqucrguo lives. llonwHlln countv Increased llfU per I'Otit, followed by Chnvca and Eddy counties with *00.3 parcent Increase* each, Olhej* count-• ■ 1lea which gained were Lcn -14,5 per cent. Otero 39.8, tuna 53,8, Bona Aha 2S,lt;. Curvy'd?,6. SantaF* 21.9, Quay.14.9. McKinley Aft.O.-Roosevelt 13.7, Vnhmcin ll.fi, Grant 7.fl, Hidalgo B, Son 3uan 5,8, and ft term .3.,
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Las Cruces Sun News
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Thu, Oct 12, 1950
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