Compare Albuquerque Metro Area, NM vs New Mexico (NM) vs United States

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Metric	Albuquerque Metro Area, NM Metro Area	New Mexico (NM) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	921,482	2,120,246	334,922,499
Rent	$1,156	$1,067	$1,413
Year built	1985	1985	1980
Household income	$70,783	$64,059	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,741	$36,218	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.6%	17.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	48.3%	45%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	921,482	2,120,246	334,922,499
Adults over 25	650,478	1,461,438	230,807,303
Total households	376,025	837,414	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$70,783	$64,059	$80,734
Per capita income	$39,741	$36,218	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.6%	17.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	48.3%	45%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,156	$1,067	$1,413
Year built	1985	1985	1980
Households that rent	30.9%	30%	34.8%
Households that own	69.1%	70%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.5	5.3	5.5
Race
White	49.8%	47.8%	61%
Black	2.8%	2.1%	12.2%
Asian	2.5%	1.8%	6%
Two or more races	26.8%	25.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	48.5%	48.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	51.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.1%	87.8%	84.9%
Commute time to work	25.0 min	23.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.9%	12.2%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	29.4%	31.8%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	23.7%	25.7%	26%
Some college or associate degree	11.3%	11.5%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	35.6%	31%	35.7%