Final FONSI and EA for hot cargo pad on Kirtland AFB - Kirtland Air ...

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>EA</strong> Addressing Construction, Operation, <strong>and</strong> Maintenance of a Hot Cargo Pad
number of indirect jobs that are created as a result of Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB expenditures <strong>and</strong> employment are
estimated at 23,500 jobs (KAFB 2002).
Environmental Justice <strong>and</strong> Protection of Children. To provide a baseline measure <strong>for</strong> environmental
justice an area around the installation must be established to examine the impacts on minority <strong>and</strong>
low-income populations. For the purpose of this analysis a 50-mile radius around Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB was
evaluated to identify minority <strong>and</strong> low-income populations. This 50-mile radius includes numerous
towns, villages, census-designated places, <strong>and</strong> cities. The largest of these is the City of Albuquerque with
a population of 448,607. In the City of Albuquerque, 40 percent of the population is Hispanic <strong>and</strong>
4 percent is Native American (see Table 3-10). The City of Rio Rancho is on the northwestern side of
Albuquerque <strong>and</strong> has a population of 51,765 <strong>and</strong> is the second largest city within 50 miles of Kirtl<strong>and</strong>
AFB. The Hispanic population represents 28 percent of the total population in Rio Rancho <strong>and</strong> the
Native American population represents 2 percent of the total population. The third largest population
center within 50 miles of Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB is South Valley, situated to the west of Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB, containing
39,060 persons. In South Valley the Hispanic population is 78 percent of the total population <strong>and</strong> the
Native American population is 2 percent of the total population (U.S. Census Bureau 2000).
Race <strong>and</strong> Origin
Table 3-10. Minority <strong>and</strong> Low-Income Characteristics (2000)
City of
Albuquerque
City of Rio
Rancho
South
Valley
New
Mexico
United
States
Total Population 448,607 51,765 39,060 1,819,046 281,421,906
Percent Under 5 Years of Age 6.9 7.5 7.9 7.2 6.8
Percent Over 65 Years of Age 12.0 11.8 10.0 11.7 12.4
Percent White 71.6 78.4 57.2 66.8 75.1
Percent Black or African
American
3.1 2.7 1.1 1.9 12.3
Percent American Indian <strong>and</strong>
Alaska Native
3.9 2.4 2.0 9.5 12.3
Percent Asian 2.2 1.5 0.3 1.1 12.3
Percent Native Hawaiian <strong>and</strong>
Other Pacific Isl<strong>and</strong>er
0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Percent Other Race 14.8 10.9 35.0 17.0 5.5
Percent Two or More Races 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.6 2.4
Percent Hispanic or Latino 39.9 27.7 77.6 42.1 12.5
Median Household Income $38,272 $47,169 $30,879 $34,133 $41,994
Percent of Families Living
Below Poverty
10.0 3.7 32.1 14.5 9.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000
Note: Hispanic denotes a place of origin.
The percentage of families living below the poverty level varies greatly throughout the metropolitan area
of Albuquerque, with the City of Albuquerque having poverty levels similar to the State of New Mexico
<strong>and</strong> the United States. South Valley has a higher poverty rate compared to the State of New Mexico <strong>and</strong>
the United States, <strong>and</strong> Rio Rancho has a lower poverty rate than the State of New Mexico <strong>and</strong> the United
States.
Kirtl<strong>and</strong> AFB, NM January 2011
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