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- Year of Admission: 1912
- Order of Admission: 47th
- Date of Current State Constitution: 1912
- Capital: Santa Fe
- Population: 1,730,000 (1997)
- Land Area: 121,364 sq. mi.
- Population Density: 13.9 people per sq. mi.
- Nickname: Land of Enchantment
- Motto: Crescit Eundo (It grows as it goes.)
- Government Configuration: Bicameral
- Houses: 2
- Number of State Senators: 42
- Number of State Representatives: 70
- Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 3
- Main Industries: Government, trade
- Major Natural Resources: coal, natural gas, petroleum, potash, copper