| POPULATION | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE4 | |||||||
| July 1, 2007p | 1,969,915 | Total | ||||||
| April 1, 2000 | 1,819,046 | 2006p | 935,350 | |||||
| April 1, 1990 | 1,515,069 | 2005r | 915,489 | |||||
| April 1, 1980 | 1,303,303 | 2004r | 902,080 | |||||
| % Change 2000-2007 | 8.3% | 2003r | 885,298 | |||||
| Persons per square mile, 2007 | 16.2 | |||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | Employment | |||||||
| 2006p | 895,623 | |||||||
| RACE AND ETHNICITY | July 1, | April 1, | 2005r | 867,317 | ||||
| 2006 | 2000 | 2004r | 850,164 | |||||
| One race1 | 1,922,658 | 1,793,635 | 2003r | 832,639 | ||||
| White | 1,653,876 | 1,553,050 | ||||||
| Black | 49,161 | 38,421 | Unemployment | |||||
| Amer. Indian & Alaska Native | 190,826 | 178,864 | 2006p | 39,727 | ||||
| Asian | 26,140 | 21,188 | 2005r | 48,172 | ||||
| Nat. Hawaiian & Pac. Islander | 2,655 | 2,112 | 2004r | 51,916 | ||||
| Two or more races2 | 31,941 | 25,411 | 2003r | 52,659 | ||||
| Hispanic Origin3 | 860,688 | 765,386 | ||||||
| Not Hispanic Origin | 1,093,911 | 1,053,660 | Unemployment Rate | |||||
| White (one race) | 836,006 | 821,436 | 2006p | 4.2% | ||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | 2005r | 5.3% | ||||||
| 2004r | 5.8% | |||||||
| INCOME4 | 2003r | 5.9% | ||||||
| Total Personal (Millions $) | Source: NM Dept. of Workforce Solutions. | |||||||
| 2007p | $62,002 | |||||||
| 2006r | 58,131 | 2007 NONAG. WAGE AND SALARY | ||||||
| 2005r | 53,993 | EMPLOYMENT (000s) 5,7,p | ||||||
| 2004r | 49,813 | Natural Resources & Mining | 19.4 | |||||
| % Change 2006-2007 | 6.7 | Construction | 58.9 | |||||
| Manufacturing | 37.1 | |||||||
| Per Capita Personal (Dollars) | Wholesale Trade | 23.8 | ||||||
| 2007p | $31,474 | Retail Trade | 95.7 | |||||
| 2006r | 29,929 | Transp., Whsing. & Utilities | 24.9 | |||||
| 2005r | 28,175 | Information | 15.8 | |||||
| 2004r | 26,326 | Financial Activities | 35.3 | |||||
| % Change 2006-2007 | 5.2 | Prof. & Business Services | 108.6 | |||||
| Educational Services | 13.3 | |||||||
| WAGES AND SALARIES5 | Health Care & Soc. Assist. | 98.1 | ||||||
| Total Disbursements (Millions $) | Arts, Enter. & Recreation | 8.5 | ||||||
| 2006r | $30,301 | Accomm. & Food Services | 79.3 | |||||
| 2005r | 28,158 | Other Services | 29.5 | |||||
| 2004r | 26,577 | Government | 194.8 | |||||
| 2003 | 25,058 | Total for all Sectors | 843.2 | |||||
| % Change 2005-2006 | 7.6 | % Chg. 2006-2007 | 1.3% | |||||
| Source: NM Dept. of Workforce Solutions. | ||||||||
| Average per Job (Dollars)6 | ||||||||
| 2006r | $34,494 | 2007 TAXABLE GROSS | ||||||
| 2005r | 32,938 | RECEIPTS (000s)8,9 | ||||||
| 2004r | 31,692 | Ag., For., Fish. & Hunt. | $85,661 | |||||
| 2003 | 30,468 | Mining & Oil & Gas Extr. | 2,156,539 | |||||
| % Change 2005-2006 | 4.7 | Utilities | 2,029,486 | |||||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. | Construction | 7,566,190 | ||||||
| Manufacturing | 1,407,291 | |||||||
| na Not available. | Wholesale Trade | 2,687,940 | ||||||
| p Preliminary. | Retail Trade | 15,093,763 | ||||||
| r Revised. | Transp. & Whsing. | 577,184 | ||||||
| 1 The census questionnaire allows for multiple race | Inform. & Cultural Industries | 1,103,416 | ||||||
| response. The "one race" category represents persons | Finance & Insurance | 351,266 | ||||||
| who indicated that they were of one race only. | Real Est. & Rent. & Leasing | 824,693 | ||||||
| 2 "Two or more races" includes all persons who indicated | Prof., Sci. & Tech. Services | 4,358,037 | ||||||
| they were of mixed race. | Mgt. of Cos. & Enterprises | 52,317 | ||||||
| 3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. | Admin & Support, | |||||||
| 4 Data are on a place of residence basis. | Waste Mgt. & Remediation | 1,324,293 | ||||||
| 5 Data are on a place of work basis. | Educational Services | 173,561 | ||||||
| 6 Average wage and salary per job is calculated as total | Health Care & Social Assist. | 2,478,633 | ||||||
| wage and salary disbursements divided by all full- and | Arts, Ent. & Recreation | 159,522 | ||||||
| part-time wage and salary workers. | Accomm. & Food Services | 3,176,922 | ||||||
| 7 Excludes proprietors, farm workers, the Armed Forces | Other Serv. (exc. Pub. Adm.) | 5,999,597 | ||||||
| and unpaid family workers. | Public Administration | 172,744 | ||||||
| 8 Taxable gross receipts are total sales less all applicable | Unclassified Establishments | 95,112 | ||||||
| exemptions and deductions. Deductions are designed to | Total for all Sectors | 51,874,168 | ||||||
| make the gross receipts tax reach only receipts from | % Chg. 2006-2007 | 5.7% | ||||||
| sales to final users. | Source: NM Taxation & Revenue Dept. | |||||||
| 9 Annual taxable gross receipts in this table are sums of quarters and reflect period of activity. | ||||||||
| Includes taxable gross receipts plus the food and medical deductions allowed. | ||||||||
| Note: The data shown in this table may differ from state data appearing in county or metro tables seen | ||||||||
| elsewhere on this web site. County/metro data and state figures consistent with those data are often | ||||||||
| subject to different revision schedules or collection methods than the above data. | ||||||||
| Table prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | ||||||||