New Mexico Statistics at a Glance


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.