20 American Cities That Have Grown the Most Since 1950

Albuquerque, NM

– Population change: 462,265 increase (+477%)

– 2016 population: 559,277

– 1950 population: 97,012

In a 1942 letter, journalist Ernie Pyle urged Americans to move to Albuquerque, N.M., to live a life unburdened by the soot and smoke of large cities. The Albuquerque City Council in the 1950s began a similar campaign with ads urging people to make their homes in the Southwest town because it was a “wonderful place to live.”

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