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Featured Article: New Mexico

Flag of New Mexico
Flag of New Mexico
The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Known as the Land of Enchantment, it became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 1,954,599 in 2006, a 7.45 percent increase since 2000.

Some 12,000 years ago it was occupied by Native American populations and has been part of the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of a territory of Mexico, and a U.S. territory.

Among U.S. states, New Mexico has simultaneously the highest percentage of Hispanic Americans (some recent immigrants and others descendants of Spanish colonists) and the third-highest percentage of Native Americans (10.9 percent) after Alaska(19 percent) and Oklahoma(11.3 percent) (mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples). As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. Amerindian cultural influences.

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