New Mexico

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State of New Mexico

New Mexico, abbreviated "NM", is in the Mountain region of the U.S. Its capital is Santa Fe.

There were 1,819,046 people in New Mexico as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on January 6, 1912.

Please explore the cities and towns of New Mexico, below.

New Mexico Cities and Towns

City or Town	Pop.	County
Alamogordo	35,582	Otero
Albuquerque	448,607	Bernalillo
Angel Fire	1,048	Colfax
Artesia	10,692	Eddy
Aztec	6,378	San Juan
Bayard	2,534	Grant
Belen	6,901	Valencia
Bernalillo	6,611	Sandoval
Bloomfield	6,417	San Juan
Bosque Farms	3,931	Valencia
Capitan	1,443	Lincoln
Carlsbad	25,625	Eddy
Carrizozo	1,036	Lincoln
Causey	52	Roosevelt
Chama	1,199	Rio Arriba
Cimarron	917	Colfax
Clayton	2,524	Union
Cloudcroft	749	Otero
Clovis	32,667	Curry
Columbus	1,765	Luna
Corona	165	Lincoln
Corrales	7,334	Sandoval
Cuba	590	Sandoval
Deming	14,116	Luna
Des Moines	177	Union
Dexter	1,235	Chaves
Dora	130	Roosevelt
Eagle Nest	306	Colfax
Edgewood	1,893	Santa Fe
Elephant Butte	1,390	Sierra
Elida	183	Roosevelt
Encino	94	Torrance
Espanola	9,688	Rio Arriba
Estancia	1,584	Torrance
Eunice	2,562	Lea
Farmington	37,844	San Juan
Floyd	78	Roosevelt
Folsom	75	Union
Fort Sumner	1,249	De Baca
Gallup	20,209	McKinley
Grady	98	Curry
Grants	8,806	Cibola
Grenville	25	Union
Hagerman	1,168	Chaves
Hatch	1,673	Dona Ana
Hobbs	28,657	Lea
Hope	107	Eddy
House	72	Quay
Hurley	1,464	Grant
Jal	1,996	Lea
Jemez Springs	375	Sandoval
Lake Arthur	432	Chaves
Las Cruces	74,267	Dona Ana
Las Vegas	14,565	San Miguel
Logan	1,094	Quay
Lordsburg	3,379	Hidalgo
Los Alamos	11,909	Los Alamos
Los Lunas	10,034	Valencia
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village	5,092	Bernalillo
Loving	1,326	Eddy
Lovington	9,471	Lea
Magdalena	913	Socorro
Maxwell	274	Colfax
Melrose	736	Curry
Mesilla	2,180	Dona Ana
Milan	1,891	Cibola
Moriarty	1,765	Torrance
Mosquero	120	Harding
Mountainair	1,116	Torrance
Pecos	1,441	San Miguel
Portales	11,131	Roosevelt
Questa	1,864	Taos
Raton	7,282	Colfax
Red River	484	Taos
Reserve	387	Catron
Rio Rancho	51,765	Sandoval
Roswell	45,293	Chaves
Roy	304	Harding
Ruidoso	7,698	Lincoln
Ruidoso Downs	1,824	Lincoln
San Jon	306	Quay
San Ysidro	238	Sandoval
Santa Clara	1,944	Grant
Santa Fe	62,203	Santa Fe
Santa Rosa	2,744	Guadalupe
Silver City	10,545	Grant
Socorro	8,877	Socorro
Springer	1,285	Colfax
Sunland Park	13,309	Dona Ana
Taos	4,700	Taos
Taos Ski Valley	56	Taos
Tatum	683	Lea
Texico	1,065	Curry
Tijeras	474	Bernalillo
Truth or Consequences	7,289	Sierra
Tucumcari	5,989	Quay
Tularosa	2,864	Otero
Vaughn	539	Guadalupe
Wagon Mound	369	Mora
Willard	240	Torrance
Williamsburg	527	Sierra

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,819,046	100%
Male	894,317	49.2%
Female	924,729	50.8%
Under 18	508,574	28%
18+	1,310,472	72%
65+	212,225	11.7%
Median Age	34.6
Average Family Size	3.18
White	1,214,253	66.8%
African-American	34,343	1.9%
Asian	19,255	1.1%
American Indian & Alaskan	173,483	9.5%
Other	309,882	17%
Mixed Race	66,327	3.6%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	765,386	42.1%

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Albuquerque Colleges	17	51,731
2	Santa Fe Colleges	5	5,459
3	Las Cruces Colleges	4	24,560
4	Las Vegas Colleges	2	5,569
5	Hobbs Colleges	2	3,553
6	Roswell Colleges	2	4,383
7	Alamogordo Colleges	2	3,288
8	Farmington Colleges	1	6,991
9	Silver City Colleges	1	2,697
10	Ruidoso Colleges	1	771
11	Los Lunas Colleges	1	1,713
12	Carlsbad Colleges	1	1,425
13	Socorro Colleges	1	1,710
14	Grants Colleges	1	798
15	Tucumcari Colleges	1	635
16	Portales Colleges	1	4,173
17	Clovis Colleges	1	3,706
18	Espanola Colleges	1	2,237
19	Gallup Colleges	1	2,636

Rank	City or Town
1	Albuquerque Hotels and Travel
2	Santa Fe Hotels and Travel
3	Las Cruces Hotels and Travel
4	Gallup Hotels and Travel
5	Ruidoso Hotels and Travel
6	Taos Hotels and Travel
7	Roswell Hotels and Travel
8	Tucumcari Hotels and Travel
9	Farmington Hotels and Travel
10	Hobbs Hotels and Travel
11	Clovis Hotels and Travel
12	Socorro Hotels and Travel
13	Santa Rosa Hotels and Travel
14	Deming Hotels and Travel
15	Lordsburg Hotels and Travel
16	Las Vegas Hotels and Travel
17	Carlsbad Hotels and Travel
18	Grants Hotels and Travel
19	Alamogordo Hotels and Travel
20	Bernalillo Hotels and Travel

Rank	City or Town
1	Albuquerque Mortgages & Property
2	Santa Fe Mortgages & Property
3	Las Cruces Mortgages & Property
4	Farmington Mortgages & Property
5	Carlsbad Mortgages & Property
6	Roswell Mortgages & Property
7	Rio Rancho Mortgages & Property
8	Hobbs Mortgages & Property
9	Taos Mortgages & Property
10	Ruidoso Mortgages & Property
11	Clovis Mortgages & Property
12	Los Lunas Mortgages & Property
13	Clayton Mortgages & Property
14	Silver City Mortgages & Property
15	Edgewood Mortgages & Property
16	Alamogordo Mortgages & Property
17	Aztec Mortgages & Property
18	Gallup Mortgages & Property

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