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New Mexico Quick Facts
- Current Governor: Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democrat)
- Capital: Santa Fe
- Population: 2,096,829 (2019 est.)
- Land Area: 121,298.15 sq km
- Water Area: 292.15 sq km
- Total Area: 121,590.30 SQ KM
- Width: 344 mi (552 km)
- Length: 371 mi (596 km)
- State Motto: “Crescit Eundo (It Grows As It Goes)”
- Nickname: Land of Enchantment
- Electoral votes: 5
- Seats in U.S. House of Representatives: 3 (of 435)
- State Song: “O, Fair New Mexico”
- Date of Statehood: Jan. 6, 1912
- Time Zone: Mountain (GMT − 7 hours)
- Official Website of New Mexico: newmexico.gov
- State abbreviation/Postal code: NM
State Symbol of New Mexico
| State Aircraft | Hot air balloon |
| State Amphibian | New Mexico spadefoot toad |
| State Animal | New Mexico black bear |
| State Bird | Roadrunner |
| State Butterfly | Sandia hairstreak |
| State Cookie | Bizcochito |
| State Cowboy Song | “Under the New Mexico Skies” |
| State Fish | New Mexico cutthroat trout |
| State Flower | Yucca |
| State Folklorist | Claude Stephenson |
| State Fossil | Coelophysis |
| State Gem | Turquoise |
| State Grass | Blue grama grass |
| State Guitar | New Mexico sunrise |
| State Insect | Tarantula hawk wasp |
| State Mammal | Smokey bear |
| State Motto | Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
| State Necklace | Squash blossom necklace |
| State Nickname | Land of Enchantment |
| State Poem | “A Nuevo Mexico” |
| State Question | “Red or green?” |
| State Reptile | New Mexico whiptail lizard |
| State Tie | Bolo tie |
| State Train | Cumbres & Toltec Railroad |
| State Tree | Pinon pine |
| State Vegetable | Chile and frijoles |
College & Universities
| Albuquerque Barber College | New Mexico State University-Dona Ana |
| Brookline College-Albuquerque | New Mexico State University-Grants |
| Business Skills Institute-Las Cruces | New Mexico State University-Main Campus |
| Central New Mexico Community College | Northern New Mexico College |
| Clovis Community College | Olympian University of Cosmetology |
| De Wolff College Hair Styling and Cosmetology | Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque Massage School |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus | San Juan College |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso Campus | Santa Fe Community College |
| Eddy County Beauty College | Santa Fe University of Art and Design |
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture | Southwest Acupuncture College-Albuquerque |
| ITT Technical Institute-Albuquerque | Southwest Acupuncture College-Santa Fe |
| Luna Community College | Southwest Health Career Institute Inc |
| Mesalands Community College | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
| Metropolitan College | St John’s College |
| National American University-Albuquerque | The Art Center Design College-Albuquerque |
| National American University-Rio Rancho | Universal Therapeutic Massage Institute |
| Navajo Technical College | University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus |
| New Mexico Highlands University | University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | University of New Mexico-Main Campus |
| New Mexico Junior College | University of New Mexico-Taos Campus |
| New Mexico Military Institute | University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus |
| New Mexico State University-Alamogordo | University of Phoenix-Albuquerque Campus |
| New Mexico State University-Carlsbad | University of the Southwest |
| Western New Mexico University |
Popular Tourist Attractions
- Los Alamos
- White Sands National Monument
- Taos Ski Valley
- Bandelier National Monument
- Sandia Peak Tramway
- Angel Fire Resort
- Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
- Philmont Scout Ranch
- Taos Pueblo
- Cliff’s Amusement Park
- Loretto Chapel
- ABQ BioPark
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Albuquerque Museum
- Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
- Sandia Mountains
Famous Natives and Residents
| Name | Profession |
| Kathy Baker | actress; |
| Notah Begay III | golfer; |
| Judy Blume | author; |
| Ernest L. Blumenshein | artist; |
| William “Billy the Kid†Bonney | outlaw; |
| Richard Bradford | author; |
| Ralph Bunche | Nobel Peace Prize winner; |
| Bruce Cabot | actor; |
| Kit Carson | army scout and trapper; |
| Dennis Chavez | former senator; |
| John Chisum | cattle king; |
| Mangus Coloradas | Apache leader; |
| Edward Condon | physicist; |
| Bill Daily | actor; |
| John Denver | singer; |
| Bo Diddley | blues guitarist; |
| Patrick Garrett | lawman; |
| Greer Garson | actress; |
| Sid Gutierrez | astronaut; |
| William Hanna | animator; |
| Neil Patrick Harris | actor; |
| Carl Hatch | senator; |
| Tony Hillerman | author; |
| Conrad Hilton | hotel executive; |
| Dennis Hopper | actor; |
| Peter Hurd | artist; |
| Preston Jones | playwright and actor; |
| Ralph Kiner | baseball player and sportscaster; |
| Nancy Lopez | golfer; |
| Maria MartÃnez | San Ildefonso Pueblo potter; |
| Demi Moore | actress; |
| Jim Morrison | singer and songwriter; |
| Bill Mauldin | political cartoonist; |
| Popé San | Juan Pueblo medicine man and leader; |
| Georgia O’Keeffe | painter; |
| Harrison Schmitt | astronaut and representative; |
| Kim Stanley | actress; |
| Slim Summerville | actor; |
| Clyde Tombaugh | astronomer; |
| Al Unser, Bobby Unser | auto racers; |
| Victorio | Apache chief; |
| Linda Wertheimer | NPR correspondent; |
| Kathy Whitworth | golfer. |
Famous Actors And Actresses
- Anna Gunn
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Demi Moore
