NEW MEXICO

Alessandro Frau

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

CLIMATE

The climate of New Mexico is highly arid

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

LAW AND GOVERNMENT

Governor Bill Richardson

Democrat government

Liberal

New Mexico is a multicultural state.

There are just 2 million people in New

Mexico.

Most of them are Hispanics.

Was a part of Spain.

There is no racism like in other states.