Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 1990 and 2000 Censuses
New Mexico
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% Chg.
Subject 2000 1990 90-00
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 1/
Population 3 years and over
enrolled in school 533,786 435,989 22.4
Nursery school, preschool 28,597 NA NA
Kindergarten 27,031 NA NA
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 238,669 NA NA
High school (grades 9-12) 119,224 NA NA
College or graduate school 120,265 110,115 9.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 1,134,801 922,590 23.0
Less than 9th grade 104,985 105,362 -0.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 134,996 124,612 8.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 301,746 264,943 13.9
Some college, no degree 259,924 192,835 34.8
Associate degree 67,001 46,502 44.1
Bachelor's degree 154,372 111,957 37.9
Graduate or professional degree 111,777 76,379 46.3
Percent high school graduate or higher 78.9 75.1 -
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 23.5 20.4 -
MARITAL STATUS 2/
Population 15 years and over 1,398,496 1,136,500 23.1
Never married 384,658 293,035 31.3
Now married, except separated 741,425 635,995 16.6
Separated 24,979 20,530 21.7
Widowed 84,845 71,115 19.3
Female 67,410 58,273 15.7
Divorced 162,589 115,825 40.4
Female 92,380 66,105 39.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or
more own grandchildren under 18 years 46,014 NA NA
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 24,041 NA NA
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 16 years and over NA 1,098,172 NA
Civilian veterans NA 178,022 NA
Civilian population 18 years and over 1,300,288 NA NA
Civilian veterans 190,718 NA NA
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION 3/
Population 5 to 20 years 457,185 NA NA
With a disability 37,135 NA NA
Population 21 to 64 years 996,726 NA NA
With a disability 209,280 NA NA
Percent employed 53.5 NA NA
No disability 787,446 NA NA
Percent employed 72.4 NA NA
Population 65 years and over 205,591 156,638 31.3
With a disability 92,015 NA NA
RESIDENCE 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE CENSUS 4/
Population 5 years and over 1,689,911 1,390,048 21.6
Same house 919,717 719,628 27.8
Different house in the U.S. 731,488 645,519 13.3
Same county 400,128 345,469 15.8
Different county 331,360 300,050 10.4
Same state 126,093 107,289 17.5
Different state 205,267 192,761 6.5
Elsewhere 5/ 38,706 24,901 55.4
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% Chg.
Subject 2000 1990 90-00
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 1,819,046 1,515,069 20.1
Native 1,669,440 1,434,555 16.4
Born in the United States 1,650,808 1,417,300 16.5
New Mexico 937,212 783,311 19.6
Different state 713,596 633,989 12.6
Born outside United States 18,632 17,255 8.0
Foreign born 149,606 80,514 85.8
Entered during previous 10 years 6/ 58,482 31,102 88.0
Naturalized citizen 52,103 31,915 63.3
Not a citizen 97,503 48,599 100.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total 7/ 149,606 78,212 NA
Europe 15,286 11,331 NA
Asia 14,330 9,569 NA
Africa 1,118 781 NA
Oceania 8/ 650 329 NA
Latin America 9/ 114,858 53,967 NA
Northern America 10/ 3,364 2,235 NA
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 1,689,911 1,390,048 21.6
English only 1,072,947 896,049 19.7
Language other than English 11/ 616,964 493,999 24.9
Speak English less than "very well" 201,055 159,620 26.0
Spanish 485,681 388,186 25.1
Speak English less than "very well" 158,629 119,705 32.5
Other Indo-European languages 22,032 17,012 29.5
Speak English less than "very well" 5,121 3,854 32.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages 11,517 7,950 44.9
Speak English less than "very well" 5,034 3,753 34.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population 1,819,046 1,515,069 20.1
Total ancestries reported 12/ 1,824,856 1,727,484 5.6
Arab 4,296 3,492 23.0
Czech 6,401 6,063 5.6
Danish 7,448 7,122 4.6
Dutch 21,195 29,401 -27.9
English 138,405 188,947 -26.7
French (except Basque) 36,540 44,126 -17.2
French Canadian 7,529 7,568 -0.5
German 179,228 234,228 -23.5
Greek 3,736 3,108 20.2
Hungarian 4,331 4,337 -0.1
Irish 133,965 163,876 -18.3
Italian 43,218 36,378 18.8
Lithuanian 1,775 1,943 -8.6
Norwegian 18,088 13,936 29.8
Polish 20,723 19,523 6.1
Portuguese 2,225 1,768 25.8
Russian 8,564 7,912 8.2
Scotch-Irish 27,427 33,977 -19.3
Scottish 29,243 29,082 0.6
Slovak 1,372 4,469 -69.3
Sub-Saharan African 2,793 1,198 133.1
Swedish 16,809 19,999 -16.0
Swiss 4,445 4,281 3.8
Ukrainian 1,821 1,512 20.4
United States or American 92,940 50,111 85.5
Welsh 10,024 11,275 -11.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 1,474 1,526 -3.4
Other ancestries 998,841 796,326 25.4
na Not available.
NA Not applicable.
1/ School enrollment data for 1990 and 2000 are not fully comparable because of
changes in how level-of-enrollment data were obtained.
2/ Marital status data for 1990 are 100% data. Marital status data for 2000 are based
on sample data from the 2000 long-form questionnaire.
3/ Disability data for 1990 and 2000 are not comparable because of changes in the
census questions on disability.
4/ "Residence 5 years prior to the census" refers to 1995 for the 2000 census and
1985 for the 1990 census. For example, the interpretation of the "same house"
category is as follows: These are respondents in the 2000 census that lived in
their current house of residence in 1995 and these are respondents in 1990 that
lived in their current house of residence in 1985.
5/ Elsewhere refers to Puerto Rico, U.S. island (outlying) areas, and a foreign
country or at sea.
6/ "Entered during previous 10 years" refers to "entered 1990 to March 2000" for the
2000 census and "entered 1980 to March 1990" for the 1990 census.
7/ In 1990 (in contrast to 2000), nonresponse regarding country or region of birth
was not allocated. Therefore, the 1990 total in the "region of birth of foreign
born" section is less than the foreign born population appearing in the "nativity
and place of birth" section by the number of persons that did not report a region
or country. Because of this difference in allocation procedure, the percent
changes from 1990 to 2000 in the foreign-born population by region of birth
were not calculated.
8/ Oceania refers to Australia, New Zealand and various South Pacific islands that
are not U.S. island areas.
9/ Latin America refers to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
10/ North America refers to Canada, Bermuda, Greenland, and St. Pierre & Miquelon.
11/ Although not shown separately, Native American languages are included in the
aggregate "language other than English" category.
12/ The ancestry question allowed respondents to report one or more ancestry groups,
although only the first two were coded. The "total ancestries reported" category
is an estimate of the number of single ancestries and multiple ancestries reported.
"Ancestries reported" is larger than the total population because individuals that
reported multiple ancestries are double counted, e.g., a person that identified as
English and German would be counted in both the English and German ancestry
categories.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 censuses.
Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.
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