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