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New Mexico Fun Facts
Capital: Santa Fe
State abbreviation/Postal code: N.M./NM
Governor: Susana Martinez, R (to Jan. 2015)Lieut. Governor: John Sanchez, R (to Jan. 2015)
Senators: Tom Udall, D (to Jan. 2015); Jeff Bingaman, D (to Jan. 2013)
U.S. Representatives: 3
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Secy. of State: Dianna J. Duran, R (to Jan. 2015)
Atty. General: Gary K. King, D (to Jan. 2015)
State Treasurer: James B. Lewis, D (to Jan. 2015)
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 Méjico” (1971) |
| poem | “A Nuevo México” (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) |
| 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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