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State nickname: Land of Enchantment | |||||
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Capital | Santa Fe | ||||
Area - Total - Land - Water - % water | Ranked 5th 315,194 km² 314,590 km² 607 km² 0.2% | ||||
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Ranked 36th 1,819,046 6/km² | ||||
Admittance into Union - Order - Date | 47th January 6, 1912 | ||||
Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 | ||||
Latitude Longitude | 31°20'N to 37°N 103°W to 109°W | ||||
Width Length | 550 km 595 km | ||||
Elevation -Highest -Mean -Lowest | 4,011 meters 1735 meters 866 meters | ||||
ISO 3166-2: | US-NM |
New Mexico is a state in the southwestern United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is NM. Nuevo México was the Spanish name for the territory north and west of the Rio Grande.
USS New Mexico was named in honor of this state.
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New Mexico was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912.
It has a southern border with Mexico, an eastern border with Texas (103°) and Oklahoma, and a western border with Arizona (109°). The 37th parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The spot where New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together is called the Four Corners. The landscape ranges from rose-colored deserts to snow-capped mountains.
As of the 2000 census, the population of New Mexico is 1,819,046. Its population grew 20.1% (303,977) from its 1990 levels. According to the 2000 census, 66.8% (1,214,253) identified themselves as White, 42.1% (765,386) as Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% (173,483) as American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.9% (34,343) as black, 1.1% (19,255) as Asian, 0.1% (1,503) as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 17% (309,882) as other, and 3.6% (66,327) identified themselves as belonging to two or more races.
7.2% of its population were reported as under 5, 28% under 18, and 11.7% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.8% of the population.
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