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I have forgotten the author's name but there is a book on soil erosion/human development/population out there called "DIRT". This is one of the most interesting books I read in 2007. In summary it answers the question. "Why are there so many ruins of ancient city's out there?" Soil erosion is one of the answers.
I met a half-Native, half-Hispanic fellow that mentioned Albuquerque or NM (I forget which he said) is one-third Native, one-third Hispanic, and one-third Anglo. So there isn't really any minorities, he said.
I knew a long time resident of Albuquerque that claimed no where in town is very bad to go through during the day.
The state's population is currently about 48% Hispanic, 39% non-Hispanic white, and 11% Native. Albuquerque is roughly 47% Hispanic, 42% non-Hispanic white, and 5% Native.
The state's population is currently about 48% Hispanic, 39% non-Hispanic white, and 11% Native. Albuquerque is roughly 47% Hispanic, 42% non-Hispanic white, and 5% Native.
Results for Albuquerque differ depending on whether you're looking at Albuquerque proper, Bernalillo County, or the metro area as a whole (which includes Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval and Torrance counties). The table I just linked to is for the metro, which includes numerous Pueblos, so the Native percentage is more like 6%. Also, the numbers for the state are a little different than what I calculated earlier: 47% Hispanic, roughly 40% Anglo, and 9% Native.
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This is a better and more complete table than mine - thanks!
And now I see where the lower state-wide numbers for Natives in my most recent post come from: the table I just linked to included Natives of only one race, while this one includes people who put Native as one of multiple races they identified with. Including mixed-race people who identify as Native pushes the total up to 10.3% of the state's population and nearly 7% of the metro's.
Including mixed-race people who identify as Native pushes the total up to 10.3% of the state's population and nearly 7% of the metro's.
that seems more accurate, although still feels substantially low. A lot, if not most, native americans in New Mexico are mixed with different tribes. Just eyeballing things around the state, I would put the number more at 20%.
that seems more accurate, although still feels substantially low. A lot, if not most, native americans in New Mexico are mixed with different tribes. Just eyeballing things around the state, I would put the number more at 20%.
The numbers in the census includes anyone whose only listed race is Native American, regardless of how many tribes they belong to or claim heritage from.
Things to keep in mind:
No major Native populations in the eastern part of the state.
No major Native populations in the southern part of the state.
Multiple big cities where Natives aren't a big chunk of the population. (Farmington and Gallup are the only towns of size where this isn't the case).
The northwestern quarter of New Mexico has a lot of Natives, for sure - more per capita than probably anywhere else in the country except for Alaska, the northeastern quarter of Arizona or the reservation areas of South Dakota. But there are large parts of the state where Native Americans aren't a big group. And remember, it's all relative: a higher percentage of New Mexicans are Native than any other state except Alaska.
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New Mexico Population
