new mexico
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GEOGRAPHY
State’s area 121,665 square miles
Landscape wide rose-colored deserts
Broken mesas to high
snow-capped peaks
heavily forested mountain wildernesses towards the north
Rivers Rio Grande
Pecos
Canadian
San Juan
Gila
BORDERS
East Oklahoma
Texas
South Texas
Mexican state of Sonora
Mexican state of Chihuaha
West Arizona
North Colorado
HISTORY
First habitated by native Americans.
Discovered by Fray Marcos de Niza.
1598 was founded the San Juan de los
Caballeros colony.
Was a part of New Spain.
DEMOGRAPHY
Population 1,984,356.
7.2% under 5 years old.
28% under 18 years old.
11.7% 65 or older.
Females make up approximately 50.8% of the population.
IMPORTANT CITIES
Albuquerque (518,271)
Las Cruces (89,722)
Rio Rancho (75,978)
Santa Fe (73,199)
Roswell (45,569)
RACE AND ANCESTRY
White, 1,663,821 (84.46%) 874,688 (44.40%) Hispanics
Black, 56,083 (2.85%)
American Indian or Alaskan Native, 186,256
(9.46%)
Asian, 27,722 (1.41%)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 2,787 (0.14%)
LANGUAGES
28.76% of the population speak Spanish at home
4.07% speak Navajo
New Mexico have Spanish as an official language alongside English
RELIGION
Roman-Catholic (26%)
Evangelical Christian denominations (25%)
Unaffiliated (21%)
Mainline Protestant (15%)
Other affiliations (12%)
ECONOMY
Oil and Gas
Tourism
$31,474 per capita personal income (rank 43rd in the nation)
Poverty level 18%
The state hosts three air force bases