New Mexico Profile and Statistics

New Mexico Cities Households By Type

In 2007, New Mexico had 728508 total households with the average home having 2.61 residents and the average family coming in at 3.21.

Of those homes reported, 30.9% were made up of families with kids under 18 years old; 19.6% of homes were married couples with kids under 18 years old.

There were 22045 homes where the male was the sole parent of one or more kids under 18, and 60697 where the female was the sole head of household.

In New Mexico, 204244 people live alone, and of that, 66020 are 65 and over.

There were 253883 (34.8%) homes with at least one person under 18 living there and 171042 (23.5%) where one resident or more was 65 or older.

Relationships in New Mexico

So who are the folks in those homes? Out of the total household population of 1900878, 38.3 percent are the main “Householder,” while 18.1 are spouses. There are 584509 children, and 134055 comprise “other relatives.” 109469 are non-relatives sharing the space, while 49301 reflect an unmarried partner in the home.

New Mexico Census Marital Status data

In New Mexico, there are 750465 males, 15 years or older. Of that, 260739 have never married; 376282 are currently still married, but have separated. 13031 are legally separated, 79276 are divorced and 21137 are widowed.

Among women 15 or over (782594), 27.9% never married, 47.1% are married but separated while 2.1% are legally still separated. 13.8% are divorced and 9.1% are widowed.

New Mexico Fertility Rates and NM Statistics

Let’s talk babies in New Mexico (NM): In the 2007 report, 29374 women (15-50) had given birth in the previous 12 months. Here’s how it breaks down:

Of the unmarried women in New Mexico (which could mean widowed, divorced or never hitched); of those, 12451 had a baby in the previous year.

A finer breakdown is as follows (each category reflects per 1000 women):
Among unmarried women, there were 48 births; among women 15 to 50, it totals 60 babies. Women 15 to 19 had 49 babies, while there were 111 babies delivered to women 20 to 34. Among women 35 to 50, the birth rate totaled 19.

New Mexico Grandparents Statistics

There are 46857 grandparents living with their own grandkids, and 24236 (51.7%) that are responsible for those young ‘uns. Of those, 63.5% are the grandmothers and 69.8% of the grandparents are married.

Among those “Nanas” and ”Pop Pops” caring for the kids, 5561 have done it for less than a year; 6041 have been in charge from 1-2 years, 4407 handling things 3 or 4 years and 8227 doing the job 5 or more years.

New Mexico School Enrollment / Educational Attainment: (NM)

In New Mexico, 534002 (100%) of the population is 3 years old and over and enrolled in school. Of that, 28537 (5.3%) are in nursery or preschool; 27729 (5.2%) are in kindergarten, while 211899 (39.7%) are in Elementary school (meaning, grades 1-8). 119112 (22.3%) are slogging through High School, while 146725 (27.5%) are in college or graduate school.

The total percentage of those folks with a high school graduate degree (or higher) is 28.3% (350856); 14.3% (177875) percent hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher. It breaks down as follows:

Among the population 25 years or older (1240342), 102144 (8.2%) have less than a 9th grade education, while 125385 (10.1%) made it anywhere from 9th to 12th grade, but received no diploma. There are 350856 (28.3%) who are high school graduates (or have the equivalency). 266121 (21.5%) have some college experience but no degree; 86825 (7%) reached an Associate’s degree; 177875 (14.3%) attained their Bachelor’s degree and 131136 (10.6%) hold a Graduate or other professional degree.

Veteran Information

The civilian population (18 and over) in New Mexico is 1436906. Of that, 178161 (100%) are civilian veterans.

Disability Status Of Civilian. Noninstitutionalized Pop.

The total population in this demographic (5 years and over) is 1770688 (100%) – of that, 298421 (16.9%) have a disability. The different groups break down as follows:

Among the total age group of 5-15 years (296552), 17581 (5.9%) have a disability.

Of those 16-64 years old (1237998), 174769 (14.1%) have a disability.

Of those 65 and older (236138), 106071 (44.9%) have a disability.

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