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New Mexico population density map. With just 17 people per square mile (6.6 people/km 2), New Mexico is one of the least densely populated states, ranking 45th out of 50; by contrast, the overall population density of the U.S. is 90 people per square mile (35 people/km 2).
Geography of New Mexico. With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2), [1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma, and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century surveying ...
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2]
New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2009, 72 pp. Ungnade, Herbert E. "Guide to the New Mexico Mountains", University of New Mexico Press, 3d Ed. 1975
Politics of New Mexico. There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory to be created, in 1852, were Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties. Mora County was created in 1860.
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in the state of New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
Albuquerque is the medical hub of New Mexico, hosting numerous medical centers. The University of New Mexico Hospital is the largest hospital in New Mexico with 628 licensed beds and is the primary teaching hospital for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, the state's only medical school.
U.S. Military Province of New Mexico, 1846. U.S. Provisional Government of New Mexico 1846–1850. Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850. State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850. Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850. Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 [1] Gadsden Purchase of 1853.