New Mexico Profile

State population (2000)

1,819,046

Child population 508,574
  White

33%

  African American   2%
  Hispanic 51%
  Asian 1%
Children below poverty 151,046 30%
Under 5 below poverty 45,578 34%
Births to unmarried women
  White 2,401 27%
  African American 284 60%
  Hispanic 7,250 52%
Single parent families   31%
 

 
 

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