Population: Abq & Grenville

Albuquerque's population—this is the city, neither Bernalillo County nor the four-county metro—was 518,271 on July 1, 2007, according to Census Bureau estimates recently released. Grenville's population was 21. The two are, respectively, the largest and smallest of New Mexico's 105 incorporated municipalities. If you have driven U.S. 87/64 from Raton to Clayton, you've been to Grenville.I haven't. But then I haven't been to Clayton either. Or Jal. Grenville's population was 25 in 2000. It took four years to drop to 21, a level maintained since 2004.
Albuquerque's population ranks number 34 among cities of more than 100,000 population, between Atlanta (the city) and Fresno. (Note: Finding Atlanta and Fresno in the same sentence has to be something of a surprise.) El Paso is 21st on the over 100,000 list with a 2007 population of 606,913.
Albuquerque had 449,380 people for the April 2000 census. The growth since then—68,891 new folks, net—puts Albuquerque at 50th on the seven-year growth list with a 15.3% increase. However, the city's 1.7% growth from 2006 to 2007 ranks 65th, suggesting the growth rate is slowing.
Over the seven years, McKinney, Texas, north of Dallas, had the fastest growth with a 112.5% increase. North Las Vegas, NV, and Gilbert, AZ, a Phoenix suburb, were second and third with increased of 83.8% and 82.3%. These were the only three cities with population growth of more than 80% for the period. McKinney started from a low base, a population of just over 21,000 in 2000.
Las Vegas and Phoenix, it should be mentioned, are two of the cities deepest in the real estate tank.