Rio Rancho, (Spanish: Río Rancho) is a suburb of Albuquerque,and is the largest city and economic hub of Sandoval County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest and fastest-growing city in New Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 51,765. The city's population was 71,607 as of the 2006 census estimate and is expected to reach 125,000 by 2010.^[1] ,000.^[2] // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ... Image File history File links NMMap-doton-RioRancho. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states, which are... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... List of New Mexico counties: New Mexico counties Bernalillo County one of the 9 original counties formed in 1852. ... Sandoval County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... A Municipal corporation is a legal definition for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, and boroughs. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Kevin Jackson won a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Olympic Games. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Mountain Standard Time (MST) is UTC-7 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is UTC-6 The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7) during the short days of autumn, winter and spring), and by subtracting six hours during the Daylight... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... Sandoval County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... The Twenty-second United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

History

The Rio Rancho area was originally part of the Alameda Grant, which was founded by the Spanish in 1710. By the early twentieth century, much of the land grant had been sold to land investment companies. AMREP Southwest, Inc. purchased 55,000 acres (220 km²) in 1961 and turned the land into a housing development called "Rio Rancho Estates" with the first families moving in the early 1960s. The population grew tenfold between 1970 and 1980, and the City of Rio Rancho was incorporated in 1981. The opening of a large Intel Corporation plant in 1981 had a major economic impact on the city. Rio Rancho High School Courtyard. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC; SEHK: 4335) is the worlds largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in many personal computers. ...

Since the 1990s, Rio Rancho has taken steps to become more independent from neighboring Albuquerque, including the establishment of separate school and library systems and attempts to attract businesses to the area. The city's latest project is the Downtown City Centre development that includes a new city hall building and a multipurpose arena, Santa Ana Star Center. The arena opened in October 2006. City Hall is expected to open in 2008. It has been suggested that Town Hall be merged into this article or section. ... The Santa Ana Star Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a suburb of Albuquerque. ...

Geography

Rio Rancho is bordered by Albuquerque to the south, the Santa Ana Indian Reservation to the north, and Bernalillo and Corrales to the east. The northeast corner of the city is bounded by the Rio Grande. To the west of the city limit lies an escarpment. Bernalillo is a town located in Sandoval County, New Mexico. ... Mariquita Road in Corrales, New Mexico Corrales is a village located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... Río Bravo redirects here. ... In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ...

Economy

Intel is by far the largest employer in Rio Rancho. The services, retail, and government sectors are also major components of the local economy. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ...

In September 2005 Lions Gate Entertainment was wooed by the City of Rio Rancho and the State of New Mexico to build a studio in the City of Vision. After months of public denials, Lions Gate (a Canadian company) announced plans and was then approved by the City Council to build a $15 million USD film studio in the new Rio Rancho City Centre. Serious questions have been raised throughout the community as to whether or not this studio will be built.^[3] This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

Several call centers call Rio Rancho home. Walmart has recently opened in Rio Rancho sparking several new commercial retailers to locate nearby. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

New construction of large facilities include^[4]:

• City Centre Development, including new City Hall and Events Center,
• New Indoor Aquatic Recreation Center,
• New City Library,
• New 48,000 SF office complex, home to Waste Management’s Regional Offices,
• New 50,000 SF Aerospace Components Warehouse,
• New 8,000 SF office for Professional Chefs Association,
• New 19,000 SF retail center at Hwy 528 and Rockaway,
• Lionsgate Entertainment 52.8 acre major motion picture studio,
• Loma Colorado Development,
• Mariposa Home Construction underway,
• New high school site acquired and construction funded for 2009 opening, and
• New UNM West Campus location identified, land acquired and planning underway.

Rio Rancho is very dependent on new development. The history of the city points to a single developer where housing sales were the main source of growth. Little effort to provide for a diversified tax base in an environment that most municipalities in the state have a larger percentage of their revenue from gross receipts tax means that the bulk of revenues come from property taxes and development fees. This has been and continues to be the city's real peril. Without continued attention to this area, increases in property taxes may be the only way to keep up with the needs of a growing city.

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 51,765 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.1% White non-Hispanic, 2.7% African-American, 3.4% Native American, 10.85% from other races, and 4.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.7% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 18,995 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.14. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for city was $47,169, and the median income for a family was $52,233. Males had a median income of $39,162 versus $27,385 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,322. About 3.7% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Transportation

Albuquerque's transit department ABQ RIDE operates a bus route connecting Rio Rancho with the New Mexico Rail Runner Express station at Journal Center. These transportation choices may come at a cost. Albuquerque in the past has shown that managing budgets have been less than favorable. There is a proposed regional transportation taxing district. The City of Albuquerque continues to seek additional revenues while rideship there stagnates. Rio Rancho has continued to meet the needs of specific groups by supporting Rio Transit. These are mini buses that take riders to specific locations. ABQ RIDE is the local transit agency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a commuter rail system serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico metro area in the Untied States. ... Los Ranchos/Journal Center is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line. ...

Sports

Rio Rancho is home to the New Mexico Scorpions minor-league ice hockey team, which relocated from Albuquerque in 2006. The Scorpions play at Santa Ana Star Center. The New Mexico Scorpions are a minor league ice hockey team located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Santa Ana Star Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a suburb of Albuquerque. ...

Media

The twice-weekly Rio Rancho Observer is the local newspaper, while Rio Ranchoans also have access to television and radio broadcasts from Albuquerque as well as the daily Albuquerque Tribune, which does not provide a Sunday edition, and the daily Albuquerque Journal, along with its localized daily version the Rio Rancho Journal." The Albuquerque Tribune is a newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... The Albuquerque Journal is the largest newspaper in New Mexico. ...

Rio Rancho is also served by a public access channel, that is only available through the city's only cable television provider Cable ONE. This channel shows all of the government meetings on multiple showings. CableOne is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as it own self-contained corporation within its parent. ...

Trivia

• Rio Rancho is the site of Intel's Intel Fab 11X, the largest and most advanced semiconductor plant in the world. The fully-automated, $2 billion facility opened in 2002 and was the first Intel plant to manufacture 300 mm silicon wafers, which can hold almost twice as many chips as the standard 200 mm wafers. Fab 7, Intel's original Rio Rancho plant, closed in 2002 but is being converted into a test facility.
• In 2005, Rio Rancho became the first U.S. city to offer citywide voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi) service although many of its residents complained that the service did not live up to its expectations.
• The now former City Manager, James Palenick, was fired from his post in December 2006 by unanimous vote of the City Council, although only four of six councilors were present. This followed his firing from a similar post at Bay City, Michigan.
• The current mayor of Rio Rancho, Kevin Jackson, is now under investigation by not just the City of Rio Rancho, but by the New Mexico State Police of his spending of $8000 dollars charged onto the mayor's city credit card of alcohol and tickets at Santa Ana Star Center, both of which are prohibited. His card is now suspended.

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External links

• City of Rio Rancho
• Rio Rancho Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Rio Rancho Economic Development Corporation
• Rio Rancho Observer
• Rio Rancho City Guide
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References

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