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A recently published book highlights a symposium co-hosted by a research center at The University of New Mexico. Population Change and Public Policy is the proceedings of the Second Biennial Population and Public Policy Conference, held in February 2019...

Two members of The University of New Mexico community were part of a statewide task force recommending major changes to the state's redistricting process. According to the report released Dec. 18, 2020, the overarching recommendation from the New Mexico...

Amidst the Coronavirus response, the U.S. Census Bureau is making adjustments to ensure people have the time, resources and knowledge to respond to the decennial count. Despite its current period of limited operations, The University of New Mexico...

By mid-March, households across the country will start receiving official mail from the U.S. Census Bureau, instructing them how to fill out the 2020 Census in person, online or by phone. At The University of New Mexico, that count includes people living...

Adélamar (Dely) N. Alcántara, UNM director of Geospatial and Population Studies, died Nov. 3 while on her way back home to Albuquerque from the Philippines. Alcántara is survived by her husband Theodore (Ted) Jojola, a Distinguished Professor and...

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: counting all the people residing in the United States. Not only is the count mandated by the U.S. Constitution, it also affects the allocation of funding for our community’s public...

The Data Bank at The University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) is focusing on the 2020 Census in its upcoming N.M. Data Users Conference. The 21st annual event takes place Thursday, Nov. 14, at the CNM Workforce Training...

Every New Mexican counted in the 2020 Census could result in about $3,000 more federal dollars for our state. That means serious funding for New Mexico is at stake this spring when the U.S. Census Bureau completes its count on April 1, 2020. “If...