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Village of Los Lunas Print E-mail

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Population: 10,034 (2000) Area: 10.0 Square Miles (2000)

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Los Lunas Mansion
Los Lunas, county seat of Valencia County, lies primarily on the west bank of the Rio Grande, 30 minutes south of downtown Albuquerque. The land was originally part of the San Clemente Grant, granted to Don Felix Candelaria in 1716. Historically, this had been a farming community, but since the 1960's, the Village has been a growing business center. Los Lunas has annexed on the east side of the Rio Grande, but most of the growth has been in a western direction. The Village is bounded to the north by the Isleta Indian Reservation.

Interstate 25 passes along the west side of the Village and provides excellent access to the Albuquerque area. The Los Lunas area began growing rapidly in the 1970's with the expansion of the Albuquerque metropolitan area. The 1990 Census found that about half of the Los Lunas labor force worked in the Albuquerque area.

There are about 5,000 persons employed in Los Lunas. About 30 percent of the jobs are in the government sector. Nearly 25 percent of the local jobs are in the retail sector. Services accounts for slightly less than 20 percent of the employment. In addition, just south of Los Lunas are two New Mexico Corrections Department facilities which provide an additional 400-450 jobs.

Los Lunas Major Employers

  • Los Lunas School District
  • Wal-Mart (Distribution Center)
  • Valencia County
  • Village of Los Lunas

Population Trend, 1960 - 2000

  1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Population 1,186 973 3,525 6,013 10,034
Annual Growth Rate %   -1.67 13.74 5.49 5.25
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Census for 1960 - 1990, MRGCOG for 1999 Estimate
 

 

 

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