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By job gal | November 12, 2008
New Mexico
New Mexico is located in the southwestern region of the United States. The state is mostly covered by mountains and desert, and is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited state in the country. New Mexico has a unique mix of Spanish, Mexican and American Indian cultural influences. Santa Fe serves as the state capital, while Albuquerque is the largest city.
The first known inhabitants of New Mexico were members of the Clovis culture of Paleo-Indians, followed by Native Americans of the Mogollon, Anasazi, Navajo, Apache and Ute cultures. Europeans didn’t come to the state until the 1500s. A part of New Spain, New Mexico became part of independent Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. After the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, Mexico ceded its territory and in Compromise of 1850 Texas ceded its portion of the state. New Mexico was admitted into the Union in 1912 as the 47th state.
During World War II atomic bombs were designed and manufactured at Los Alamos and tested at Trinity site. Today the state benefits from government spending, and is home to Kirtland Air Force Base, Holloman Air Force Base, Cannon Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.
New Mexico’s Job Market
In 2007 New Mexico had a gross state product of $76.178 billion. The biggest parts of the economy are oil and gas production, tourism and federal government. Employment growth in the state today is mainly in technology, microelectronics, call centers and Indian casinos.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: information technology, healthcare, law and government
Work Trends
New Mexico unemployment rate: 4 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.5 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes
New Mexico’s Largest Employers
PNM Resources
Alvarado Square
Albuquerque, NM 87158
Bank of Albuquerque
219 Central Ave NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
BlueCross BlueShield of New Mexico
4373 Alexander Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
DeVargas Center
564 N. Guadalupe
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Intel Corp
4100 Sara Rd. MS RR8-126
RIO RANCHO, NM 87124
Indian River Transport
4100 Mabry Drive
Clovis, NM 88101
Presbyterian Healthcare
2501 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Sagebrush Technology, Inc.
3700 Singer Blvd NE Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109
Schafer Corporation
321 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA 08124
Waste Management, Inc.
402 Industrial Park Loop
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
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Dallas, TX
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Denver, CO
Continuing Education
University of New Mexico
New Mexico State University
Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico Highlands University
Western New Mexico University
Discovering New Mexico
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Santa Fe Indian Market
Santa Fe Opera
Fiestas de Santa Fe
War Eagles Air Museum
Sandia Peak Tramway
New Mexico State Fair
New Mexico Statistics
Population
Total population: 1,954,599
Persons under five-years old: 7.3 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 26 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.4 percent
Female: 50.6 percent
White: 84.6 percent
Black: 2.5 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 9.8 percent
Asian: 1.3 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.6 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 44 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 42.8 percent
Education
High school graduates: 78.9 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 23.5 percent
Housing
Housing units: 850,095
Homeownership rate: 70 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 15.3 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $108,100
Households: 677,971
Persons per household: 2.63
Income
Median household income: $37,838
Per capita income: $17,261
Persons below poverty: 16.7 percent
Transportation
Airports: Albuquerque International Sunport, Four Corners Regional, Cavern City Air Terminal, Roswell International Air Center, Santa Fe Municipal
Railroads: Amtrak (Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited)
Public mass transit: New Mexico Rail Runner Express
Weather (Albuquerque)
Average annual precipitation: 8.12 inches
Average low temp. in January: 21 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 92 degrees
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