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| | | NEW MEXICO: The Land of Enchantment
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.nm.us/ | | Capital: | | Santa Fe | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1912 - 47th | | Population: | | 1,928,284 (2005) |
| Density: | | 15 persons per sq. mi. (45th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $25,502 (45th) | | Land Area: | | 121,593 sq mi (5th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 34.2 | | Governor: | | Bill Richardson (D) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1996 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 1,629,400 (84.5%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 836,875 (43.4%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 46,279 (2.4%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 196,685 (10.2%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 26,996 (1.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 70 | | Seats in Senate: | | 42 | | Number of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Jan. 6, 1912 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 3 | | Curious Facts:
| | The world's first Atomic Bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 on the White Sands Testing Range near Alamogordo. North of the impact point a small placard marks the area known as Trinity Site. The bomb was designed and manufactured in Los Alamos.The Navajo, the Nation's largest Native American Group, have a reservation that covers 14 million Acres.1 out of 4 workers in New Mexico work directly for the Federal Government. State and local governments are also major employers. |
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