New Mexico is a US state located in the American Southwest, with its capital being located at Santa Fe; Albuquerque is the most populous. The state entered the union on 6 January 1912 after being taken over by the United States during the Mexican-American War and the ensuing wars with the Apache tribe. White settlers moved in following the conquest of the region from Mexico and the Native Americans, and the region is a mixture of white American, Mexican/Spanish, and Native American cultures. In 2015, the state had a population of 2,085,109 people.
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Location of New Mexico
The New Mexico desert in 1898
The Badlands of New Mexico in 1898
Several pueblos in rural New Mexico
Population in 1846
Population in 1867
Population in 1881
Population in 1884
Population in 1889
Population in 1920
Population in 1993