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New Mexico Population
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People QuickFacts |
New Mexico |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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1,928,384 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
6.0% |
| Population, 2000
|
1,819,046 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
20.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
7.0% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
25.9% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
12.1% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
|
50.8% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
84.7% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
10.1% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
43.3% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
43.5% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
54.4% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
8.2% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
36.5% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
78.9% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
23.5% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
338,430 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
21.9 |
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| Housing units, 2004
|
825,540 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
70.0% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
15.3% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$108,100 |
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| Households, 2000
|
677,971 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.63 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$17,261 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$35,091 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
17.7% |
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Business QuickFacts |
New Mexico |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
43,5681 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
571,3811 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
4.0%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
107,751 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
10,168,130 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
18,328,637 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$9,880 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
28.5% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
29.4% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
12,5551 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
19,863,9671 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
New Mexico |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
121,356 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
15.0 |
| FIPS Code
|
35 |
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