Local Data2023-06-14T09:45:04-06:00

Publications with Local Data

Many of our publications use local data – for the state as well as counties, tribal areas, legislative districts, and school districts. The data will be in a variety of formats – line graphs, pie charts, tables, maps, etc. At the end of each of the descriptions below, we’ve included information about what type of data are contained in that publication (although not which format). Please note that the same data may be found in multiple publications.

Feb 142013

New Mexico’s Wage Race to the Bottom

Report New Mexico tops the nation in the rate of working families who are low-income and in income inequality. Raising the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation would be a step toward reversing these trends - and it would provide an economic boost. (State-level data on selected demographics of low-wage workers)

Jan 152013

2012 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

NM KIDS COUNT Data Book The well-being of our children today is a key predictor of the state’s economic future -- and it doesn’t look good. This annual KIDS COUNT report looks at the well-being of the state’s children with some data presented by county and school district. (State-, county-, and school district-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Sep 142012

Raising Albuquerque’s Minimum Wage

Policy Brief Similar to our recent report Indexing the State Minimum Wage to Inflation, this brief shows how the November ballot initiative to raise and index the minimum wage in Albuquerque would impact workers and the city’s economy. (Albuquerque-level data on employees impacted by a minimum wage increase)

Sep 052012

Mind the Gap: Unemployment, Income, and Earnings for Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites in and Before the Great Recession

Report While the income and unemployment gap between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites had been closing in the three years leading up to the stock market crash, those gains were all lost in the resulting recession. This report looks at why Hispanics were harder hit by the downturn. (State-level data on employment and earnings by race and ethnicity)

Aug 272012

The Economic Benefits of Health Care Reform in New Mexico

Report As the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented over the next several years, millions in federal dollars will be injected into the state. The result will be billions of dollars in economic activity and the creation of tens of thousands of jobs. Updated in Aug. 2012 to reflect new estimates for the Medicaid expansion by the state’s Human Services Department. (State-level data on estimated economic activity and new jobs created by the Medicaid expansion, as well as amount of federal funding and state cost.)

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