Posts Tagged Demographics

Population growth in NM cities 2010-2012

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Population estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau for New Mexico’s largest cities, and the percentage change from July 2010 to July 2012. The percentages are rounded.

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Oil patch county paces NM population growth

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Lea County, in the heart of southeastern New Mexico’s bustling oil patch, was the fastest-growing county in the state last year, while two-third of the counties lost population, according to the Census Bureau.

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Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth

WASHINGTON (AP) — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation’s largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.

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NYPD messages to Muslim informant: ‘Get pictures’

This undated handout photo obtained by The Associated Press shows New York Detective Stephen Hoban. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating statements about jihad. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he’s seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.

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