New Mexico: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- New Mexico Department of Health: 1190 Saint Francis Drive, Santa Fe
Population:
- Total Population: 1,819,046
- Males: 891,544
- Females: 927,502
Top 6 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (1,072,945)
- Spanish (485,680)
- Navaho (68,663)
- Keres (10,260)
- German (7,850)
- Zuni (6,480)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (670,511)
- Southern Baptist Convention (132,675)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (42,261)
- United Methodist Church, The (41,597)
- Assemblies of God (22,070)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 612,573
- Sensory: 71,972
- Physical: 149,317
- Mental: 90,020
- Self-care: 44,025
- Go outside home: 115,076
- Employment: 139,826
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 24,041
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 677,971
- Utility gas: 458,661
- Bottled or LP gas: 98,440
- Electricity: 78,671
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 1,095
- Coal or Coke: 628
- Wood: 34,666
- Solar Energy: 2,505
- Other fuel: 2,350
- No fuel used: 955
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,285,056
- No vehicle: 83,183
- 1 or more vehicle: 1,201,873
Education Attainment:
- No School: 22,736
- No High School: 82,249
- Some High School: 134,996
- High School: 301,746
- Some College: 259,924
- Associate's Degree: 67,001
- College Degree: 154,372
- Master's Degree: 76,028
- Professional Degree: 19,432
- Doctoral Degree: 16,317
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 677,971
- Owners with phone: 451,750
- Owners without phone: 22,685
- Renters with phone: 187,258
- Renters without phone: 16,278
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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