Albuquerque is a large city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 448,627 people and 102 constituent neighborhoods, Albuquerque is the largest community in New Mexico.

Albuquerque is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Albuquerque is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albuquerque who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.46%), sales jobs (12.67%), and management occupations (8.67%).

Also of interest is that Albuquerque has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Albuquerque is a popular destination for single career-starters. One thing that you will notice when you are out and about town is that there is a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters out at restaurants, listening to live music, and enjoying other activities. They are a real visible part of the culture of Albuquerque. This makes Albuquerque a good place to live for young professionals. With so many people in this demographic, Albuquerque presents many opportunities for single professionals to enjoy themselves, socialize, and to create lasting relationships.

Albuquerque is one of the most car-oriented large cities in America. A full 93.6% of people drive their car alone to work each day. If you like to drive, you'll love it. And you better. Because walking to work is just not a viable option for most people who live in Albuquerque. Highways, wide streets, parking lots, and shopping centers are part of the common Albuquerque landscape.

Albuquerque Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Albuquerque is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.78% of adults in Albuquerque have a college degree.

The per capita income in Albuquerque in 2000 was $20,884, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,536 for a family of four.

Albuquerque is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albuquerque home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Albuquerque is White, followed by Native American. Albuquerque also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.88% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Albuquerque include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Albuquerque is English. Some people also speak Spanish.