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People QuickFacts
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New Mexico
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USA
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Population, 2008 estimate
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1,984,356
| 304,059,724
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008
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9.1%
| 8.0%
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000
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1,819,041
| 281,424,602
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008
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7.5%
| 6.9%
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008
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25.3%
| 24.3%
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008
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13.1%
| 12.8%
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Female persons, percent, 2008
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50.7%
| 50.7%
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a)
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84.0%
| 79.8%
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)
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3.0%
| 12.8%
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)
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9.7%
| 1.0%
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)
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1.4%
| 4.5%
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)
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0.1%
| 0.2%
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008
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1.8%
| 1.7%
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)
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44.9%
| 15.4%
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008
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41.7%
| 65.6%
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
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54.4%
| 54.1%
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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8.2%
| 11.1%
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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36.5%
| 17.9%
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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78.9%
| 80.4%
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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23.5%
| 24.4%
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
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338,430
| 49,746,248
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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21.9
| 25.5
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Housing units, 2008
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871,700
| 129,065,264
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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70.0%
| 66.2%
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
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15.3%
| 26.4%
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$108,100
| $119,600
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Households, 2000
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677,971
| 105,480,101
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.63
| 2.59
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Median household income, 2007
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$41,509
| $50,740
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$17,261
| $21,587
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007
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17.9%
| 13.0%
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Business QuickFacts
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New Mexico
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USA
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007
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46,869
1
| 7,705,018
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007
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642,183
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| 120,604,265
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007
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16.9%
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| 5.7%
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007
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123,567
| 21,708,021
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Total number of firms, 2002
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136,711
| 22,974,655
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
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1.1%
| 5.2%
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
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5.0%
| 0.9%
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
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1.7%
| 4.8%
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
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0.1%
| 0.1%
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
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21.7%
| 6.8%
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
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30.9%
| 28.2%
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
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10,168,130
| 3,916,136,712
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
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8,993,729
| 4,634,755,112
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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18,328,637
| 3,056,421,997
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Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$9,880
| $10,615
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
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2,771,474
| 449,498,718
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Building permits, 2008
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6,070
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| 905,359
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Federal spending, 2008
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23,846,109
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| 2,771,782,152
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