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New Mexico
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

1,782,739

*****

*****

Native

 1,647,485 1,620,712 1,674,258

Born in United States

 1,627,509 1,599,662 1,655,356

State of residence

 915,178 876,624 953,732

Different state

 712,331 682,016 742,646

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 19,976 14,521 25,431

Foreign born

 135,254 108,481 162,027

Naturalized citizen

 51,484 41,005 61,963

Not a citizen

 83,770 63,138 104,402

Entered 1990 to 2000

 44,719 33,014 56,424

Entered before 1990

 90,535 69,606 111,464
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

135,254

108,481

162,027

Europe

 14,283 10,041 18,525

Asia

 17,820 12,091 23,549

Africa

 1,003 290 1,716

Oceania

 30 0 81

Latin America

 97,867 72,993 122,741

Northern America

 4,251 2,010 6,492
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

1,655,682

1,647,211

1,664,153

English only

 1,067,692 1,041,899 1,093,485

Language other than English

 587,990 561,080 614,900

Speak English less than "very well"

 163,241 144,611 181,871

Spanish

 467,907 437,989 497,825

Speak English less than "very well"

 132,630 112,566 152,694

Other Indo-European languages

 21,758 17,153 26,363

Speak English less than "very well"

 5,183 3,073 7,293

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 11,936 6,935 16,937

Speak English less than "very well"

 6,168 2,611 9,725

Other languages

 86,389 62,906 109,872

Speak English less than "very well"

 19,260 13,005 25,515
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

1,782,739

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*****

Arab

 9,312 3,524 15,100

Czech

 5,926 1,164 10,688

Danish

 4,212 2,808 5,616

Dutch

 31,981 27,229 36,733

English

 174,331 160,461 188,201

French (except Basque)

 40,624 35,120 46,128

French Canadian

 7,299 4,969 9,629

German

 192,177 175,870 208,484

Greek

 2,840 933 4,747

Hungarian

 3,867 2,072 5,662

Irish

 149,365 136,772 161,958

Italian

 49,247 38,207 60,287

Lithuanian

 2,791 545 5,037

Norwegian

 18,768 12,977 24,560

Polish

 24,709 19,244 30,174

Portuguese

 2,988 794 5,183

Russian

 11,818 6,863 16,773

Scotch-Irish

 33,775 28,167 39,383

Scottish

 35,417 28,947 41,887

Slovak

 3,104 886 5,322

Subsaharan African

 1,733 562 2,905

Swedish

 15,498 11,847 19,149

Swiss

 7,331 2,528 12,134

Ukrainian

 1,506 646 2,366

United States or American

 66,178 57,382 74,974

Welsh

 9,772 6,637 12,907

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 3,000 1,682 4,318
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.