Tim Keller (Democratic) has been Mayor of Albuquerque since 1 Dec 2017. The unemployment rate stood at 4.6% of the labour force in Aug 2026, unchanged from when Tim Keller took office in December 2017, while New Mexico's fell 0.8 percentage points. On GDP per person Albuquerque is 21st of the 73 cities, on population growth 58th of 71. The violent crime rate moved −321 per 100,000 in Albuquerque against −125 per 100,000 for New Mexico. Under Richard J. Berry (2009 to 2017) the violent crime rate rose 573 per 100,000. Homelessness: 48.9 people per 10,000 in 2024, +25 per 10,000 since day zero.

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