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New Mexico
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New Mexico was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912.
It has a southern border with Mexico, an eastern border with Texas (103°) and Oklahoma, and a western border with Arizona (109°). The 37th parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The spot where New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together is called the Four Corners. The landscape ranges from rose-colored deserts to snow-capped mountains.
As of the 2000 census, the population of New Mexico is 1,819,046. Its population grew 20.1% (303,977) from its 1990 levels. According to the 2000 census, 66.8% (1,214,253) identified themselves as White, 42.1% (765,386) as Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% (173,483) as American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.9% (34,343) as black, 1.1% (19,255) as Asian, 0.1% (1,503) as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 17% (309,882) as other, and 3.6% (66,327) identified themselves as belonging to two or more races.
7.2% of its population were reported as under 5, 28% under 18, and 11.7% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.8% of the population.
Some progress has been
before you.
Further appropriations will also be necessary for grading and paving the
within the city of Washington.
I commend all these objects, together with the charitable institutions of
protect our frontier and that of the adjoining Mexican States from the
composed, nearly 8,000 are employed in the defense of the newly acquired
gratified to say that these efforts have been unusually successful. With
occasional depredations on a portion of the Rio Grande, owing, it is
Indians have been effectually restrained.
Experience has shown, however, that whenever the two races are brought into
United States have generally set apart portions of their territory for the
the application of this policy to Texas. By the terms of the compact by
all the vacant lands within her limits. The government of that State, it is
fast as her settlements advance lays it off into counties and proceeds to
irritate the Indians, but to compel them to resort to plunder for
over them without which no durable peace can ever exist between them and
apart from considerations of humanity and justice, will induce that State
of the small remnants of tribes within her borders, subject, of course, to
fulfillment of our treaty stipulations with Mexico and our duty to the
embarrassment to the Government. It is hoped, however, that a timely and
Congress. The cause of this omission is probably to be found in a.
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