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Measuring trail use in western New Mexico

Apr 30, 2024 | headwaterseconomics.org | Megan Lawson |Tara Preston

Trail use in the mountains and plateaus of Cibola and McKinley counties, New Mexico has been increasing in recent years, but trail managers lack data about where hiking, biking, and horseback riding occurs. Using a combination of infrared trail counters and statistical analyses, Headwaters Economics modeled trail use in the region and found more than 83,000 visits to 160 miles of trails between March and August of 2023, equivalent to 4 in 5 residents using these trails in a six-month period.
The American Community Survey in our data tools

Jan 19, 2024 | headwaterseconomics.org | Tara Preston |Bill Daigle

Headwaters Economics continuously updates all of its data tools with the latest demographic and economic data available. The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) appears in many of our data tools and is the leading source of socioeconomic statistics for every level of geography in the nation. Our tools currently use the latest ACS data released in December 2023.
Latinos face higher flood risks than other groups

Nov 7, 2023 | headwaterseconomics.org | Patricia Hernandez |Bill Daigle |Tara Preston |Kris Smith

This post was created and written in partnership with Hispanic Access Foundation. We would like to thank the Latino community members who contributed their stories to this project. One in four of all Latinos in the United States live in a county that has experienced a federal disaster declaration for flooding in 2023, according to data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In contrast, only one in 10 non-Latinos live in those same counties.
Latinos face higher flood risks than other groups

Oct 24, 2023 | headwaterseconomics.org | Patricia Hernandez |Bill Daigle |Tara Preston |Kris Smith

This post was created and written in partnership with Hispanic Access Foundation. We would like to thank the Latino community members who contributed their stories to this project. One in four of all Latinos in the United States live in a county that has experienced a federal disaster declaration for flooding in 2023, according to data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In contrast, only one in 10 non-Latinos live in those same counties.