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New Mexico

Ranked #42 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $60,940,000,000.00


New Mexico Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 1,954,599 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 7.5% 6.4%
Population, 2000 1,819,046 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 7.3% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 26.0% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.4% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.6% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 84.6% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 2.5% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 9.8% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.3% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.6% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 44.0% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 42.8% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.4% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 8.2% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 36.5% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.9% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 23.5% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 338,430 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.9 25.5
Housing units, 2006 850,095 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.0% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.3% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $108,100 $119,600
Households, 2000 677,971 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.63 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $37,838 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,261 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 16.7% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts New Mexico USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 45,0061 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 595,2491 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 8.4%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 116,614 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 136,711 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.1% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 5.0% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.7% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 21.7% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 30.9% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 10,168,130 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 8,993,729 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 18,328,637 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,880 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,771,474 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 13,5731 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 19,863,9671 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts New Mexico USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 121,355.53 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 15.0 79.6
FIPS Code 35