Admitted to Union: January 6, 1912
Capital: Sante Fe
Nickname: Land of Enchantment, Cactus State, Land of Sunshine
Motto: Crescit Eundo, translated "Grows As It Goes"
Total Area: 121,598 square miles
Total Land Area: 121,365 square miles
Total Water Area: 234 square miles
Length: 370 miles
Width: 343 miles
Highest Point: 13,161 feet (Wheeler Peak)
Lowest Point: 2,842 feet (Red Bluff Reservation)
Mean Elevation: 5,700 feet
Highest Temp: 122 degrees on June 27, 1994 at Lakewood
Lowest Temp: -50 degrees on February 1, 1951 at Gavilan
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 92.8 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 22.3 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 1,819,046