New Mexico - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Santa Fe January 6, 1912 the 47th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Land of Enchantment New Mexicans Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) Abbreviation NM LAND Total area 314,917 sq km 121,590 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 5th 314,335 sq km 121,366 sq mi Highest point Wheeler Peak 4,011 m/13,161 ft Forested land as a share of total area 21.5 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 34.2 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 1,969,915 (2007 estimate) 36th 20.1 percent (1990-2000) 6.2 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 16.1 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population Largest cities (by population) Albuquerque 75 percent (2000) 504,949 (2006) Las Cruces 86,268 (2006) Santa Fe 72,056 (2006) Rio Rancho 71,607 (2006) Roswell 45,582 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 66.8 percent (2000) Native Americans 9.5 percent (2000) Blacks 1.9 percent (2000) Asians 1.1 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 20.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 42.1 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75.7 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 417 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 550 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 22.9 percent (2006) 15 (2003) $8,469 (2002-2003) 7.1 percent (1999) 81.5 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Bill Richardson (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 42 members House of Representatives, 70 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 3 Electoral votes 5 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $76 billion (2006) $26,154 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.6 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.5 percent (2004) Manufacturing 8.9 percent (2004) Mining 7.8 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 5 percent (2004) 15.4 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 20 percent (2004) 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 7.3 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 3.6 percent (2004) Other services 23.1 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 935,000 (2006 estimate) 4.2 percent (2006 estimate) 8.1 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 2.3 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 0.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 97.3 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 136 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 44.5 percent (2003 estimate) 4.9 books per person (2002) 102,610 km (2005) 63,759 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,609 km (2005) 1,000 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 2,741 km (2004) 1,703 mi (2004) Airports 11 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
