New Mexico State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  9.1% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.5% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  44.9% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  36.5% Housing units, 2007  862,067 Homeownership rate, 2000  70.0% Persons per household, 2000  2.63 Median household income, 2007  $41,509 Per capita money income, 1999  $17,261 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  45,9401 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  30.9% FIPS Code  35 Population, 2008 estimate  1,984,356 American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  9.7% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  78.9% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  5.0% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  10,168,130 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  18,328,637 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  121,355.53 Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  41.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  8.2% Persons per square mile, 2000  15.0 Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  54.4% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  21.9 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  17.9% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  1,819,041 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  25.3% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  84.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  23.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  15.3% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  628,6811 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  14.4%1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  21.7% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  8,993,729 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $9,880 Building permits, 2008  6,0701 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  22,417,6381 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  13.1% Female persons, percent, 2008  50.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  338,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $108,100 Households, 2000  677,971 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  117,752 Total number of firms, 2002  136,711 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.7% Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  2,771,474 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.