People QuickFacts New Mexico USA Population, 2012 estimate 2,085,538 313,914,040 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 2,059,180 308,747,508 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.3% 1.7% Population, 2010 2,059,179 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.9% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.6% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.5% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.4% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.5% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.1% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 46.7% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 40.2% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.6% 84.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.8% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 36.2% 20.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.1% 85.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.4% 28.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 176,805 22,215,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.8 25.4  Housing units, 2011 908,132 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.6% 66.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $161,800 $186,200 Households, 2007-2011 762,002 114,761,359 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.62 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,537 $27,915 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,631 $52,762 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.0% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts New Mexico USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 44,221 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 600,165 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 9.2 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 120,470 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 157,231 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.6% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.7% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 17,122,725 5,319,456,312 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,589,286 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,469,997 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,429 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,734,300 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 4,067 624,061     Geography QuickFacts New Mexico USA Land area in square miles, 2010 121,298.15 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 17.0 87.4 FIPS Code 35 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts