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Capital: Santa
Fe
State
abbreviation/Postal code: N.M./NM
Governor: Bill
Richardson, D (to Jan. 2011)
Lieut. Governor: Diane
Denish, D (to Jan. 2011)
Senators: Jeff
Bingaman, D (to Jan. 2013); Pete V. Domenici,
R (to Jan. 2009)
U.S. Representatives:
3
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Secy. of State: Mary
Herrera, D (to Jan. 2011)
Atty. General: Gary K.
King, D (to Jan. 2011)
State Treasurer: James
B. Lewis, D (to Jan. 2011)
Organized as territory:
Sept. 9, 1850
Entered Union (rank):
Jan. 6, 1912 (47)
Present constitution
adopted: 1911
Motto: Crescit
eundo (It grows as it goes)
State symbols:
|
flower |
yucca (1927) |
|
tree |
pinon (1949) |
|
animal |
black bear
(1963) |
|
bird |
roadrunner
(1949) |
|
fish |
cutthroat
trout (1955) |
|
vegetables |
chili and
frijol (1965) |
|
gem |
turquoise
(1967) |
|
song |
�O Fair New
Mexico� (1917) |
|
Spanish-language song |
�Asi Es Nuevo
M�jico� (1971) |
|
poem |
�A Nuevo
M�xico� (1991) |
|
grass |
blue gramma
(1973) |
|
fossil |
coelophysis
(1981) |
|
cookie |
bizcochito
(1989) |
|
insect |
tarantula hawk
wasp (1989) |
|
ballad |
�Land of
Enchantment� (1989) |
|
bilingual
song |
�New Mexico�Mi
Lindo Nuevo Mexico�, (1995) |
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question |
�Red or
Green?� (1999) |
Nickname: Land of
Enchantment (1999)
Origin of name:
From Mexico, �place of Mexitli,� an Aztec god or
leader
10 largest cities (2005
est.): Albuquerque, 494,236; Las
Cruces, 82,671; Santa Fe, 70,631; Rio
Rancho, 66,599; Roswell, 45,199; Farmington,
43,161; Alamogordo, 36,245; Clovis, 33,357; Hobbs,
29,006; Carlsbad, 25,300
Land area:
121,356 sq mi. (314,312 sq km)
Geographic center: In
Torrance Co., 12 mi. SSW of Willard
Number of counties: 33
Largest county by population
and area: Bernalillo, 603,562 (2005); Catron,
6,928 sq mi.
State parks: 31
Residents: New
Mexican
2005 resident population est.:
1,928,384
2000 resident census
population (rank): 1,819,046 (36). Male:
894,317 (49.2%); Female: 924,729 (50.8%).
White: 1,214,253 (66.8%); Black: 34,343
(1.9%); American Indian: 173,483 (9.5%);
Asian: 19,255 (1.1%); Other race: 309,882
(17.0%); Two or more races: 66,327 (3.6%);
Hispanic/Latino: 765,386 (42.1%). 2000
percent population 18 and over: 72.0; 65 and
over: 11.7; median age: 34.6.
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