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New Mexico At A Glance
Last Updated July 10, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 121,589 square miles
- Population in 2000: 1,819,046; 75.0% urban; 25.0% rural
- Population in 1990: 1,515,069
- Population Change: Up
20.1% 1990-2000; Up
16.3% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 36th of 50; 0.7% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Albuquerque (448,607);
Las Cruces (74,267);
Santa Fe (62,203);
Rio Rancho (51,765);
Roswell (45,293)
- Registered Voters:
495,221 D
(52.1%);
310,337 R
(32.6%);
145,185 unaffiliated and minor parties
(15.3%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 24 D 18 R
- State House: 43 D 27 R
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
813,495 (44.7%) white;
30,654 (1.7%) black;
18,257 (1.0%) Asian;
161,460 (8.9%) American Indian;
992 (0.1%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
25,793 (1.4%) two-plus races;
3,009 (0.2%) other;
765,386 (42.1%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
8.2% German,
6.3% English,
6.1% Irish,
4.2% USA,
2.0% Italian
- State Natives: 51.5% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 5.4% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 58.2% English;
33.3% Spanish;
2.1% Other Eur.
- Education:
78.9% high school graduates;
23.5% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
190,718 (14.5%);
WWII: (18.0%);
Korea: (13.2%);
Vietnam: (34.7%);
First Gulf War: (10.7%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
4.0% agriculture;
7.9% construction;
5.5% finance;
2.4% information;
11.2% manufacturing;
31.1% professional;
8.0% public administration;
14.9% trade;
14.9% other
- Work Force: 22.2% blue collar; 59.9% white collar; 17.9% gray collar
- Work Sector: 68.5% private; 22.7% government; 8.4% self-employed; 0.4% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 7.2% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$34,133
- 18.4% are below the poverty line
- 20.8% less than $15,000
- 30.2% $15-35,000
- 17.0% $35-50,000
- 24.3% $50-100,000
- 5.0% $100-150,000
- 2.6% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $94,600
- 22.7% less than $50,000
- 31.1% $50-100,000
- 33.4% $100-200,000
- 7.7% $200-300,000
- 3.6% $300-500,000
- 1.6% more than $500,000
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