CONTENTS. 

SUMMARY 'l'ABLER. Page. Ill\TAILEIJ TABLES. Page. 

Population of Now 1.foxico: 1850to1920 •....................................... 

Population of principal cities from earliest census to JU20 ...................... . 

Urhan and ruralpopul,ation: 1020, 19!0, and moo ............................. . MAPS, 

1. .\n~a und population of tDLmtie::;: 11~/JJ to Jf/20........... ..... .. .... ..... ...•... !J 

2. I'opnlation of l<nmlfos hy minor tivil divbitJirn-: .1~120, IHHl1 and H:(if\ .•..••••• 

:i. l'opulatiuu of im.lJrporn.tNi pla<r·~: J! 20, Hllll 1 urnl H.iOO •. -• . . . . . • . • . . . .. .. ... • 111 

4. l 1upula1ion CJf \\ unls of eitks 1HJ.'Ying: 5/11:;0 inhaliitunt:- ur rnon•; 1~ ~0... •• • .. 11 

Increase or decrease in total aml rural population, by couulips: 19JO to JD20 •••.• 5. rrli::m and l'UfU.] }lOpulatitiil of umntif•!.i: Hi2h~ JtlHJ, lilld rnLiO.... •• • . • . • ..... ..... 11 

Density of total and rural population, by counties: JU20 ...................... . 

TOTAL POPULATION, INCREASE, AND DISTRIBUTION. 

Population of the state.-Thc territory of New 

Mexico was organizCll in 1850 from the area now comprising the greater pttrts of the states of New Mexico 

t1ml Arizona, together with small portions of Colorado 

and Nevada. In 1863, with the organization of 

Arizona territory, the boundaries of New :Mexico 

were established as at present; and in January, l!J12, 

New Mexico was admitted to the Union as the fortyseventh state. According to the Fourteenth Census, 

taken its of Janrniry 1, 1920, its population is 360,350, 

which represents an increase of 33,049, or 10.l per 

cent, mi compared with 1\Jl 0. During the 8ame 

perirnl the population of i.he Unitc<l States increased 

by 14.D per ctmt. 

The folhnving surrmrnry :-;hows the population of 

N e\\r Mexico from 1850 to 1 H20, inclusive, together 

with the number and per eent of increase for each 

decade, in comparison with the per C'(•nt of increase 

for the United States as a whole. 'l'he decrease during the decade lSG0-1870 was due to re:luctinns in area. 

resulting principally from the organization of Arizona 

territory from fL part of N liW ~Iexicu in 1863. 

POPULATION OF NEW MEXICO: 18GO ·ro 1920. 

f A minus sign(-) 11.,notps dei:n••sc.) 

CENSUS YEAR. Population. 

l5CHEA=-'l~ tJ\'EI~ l'TIECED!NG 

CES~t:s. 

~un1l~er. 

P1.•ref'nt 

Of illl.'f't~USO 

for tJw 

l;nitr<l 

Rtaks. 

-~---· ··---- ·-··--~--

1920 ............ -. -... -...... - ........ -- .. . l!llO ..................................... .. 

l!JOO ••................•••.. ·· ·· •····· · ···· • 1890 .•... - ...... -..... -................... -

1880 ............... -........ --- -- ........ - - 1870 ...................................... . 18GO ................................ -..... . 

1850 .... -...... - -........ - - ... -..... - - .... . 

:-lHll, :lflO 

;{27, :101 

l!lii, :no 

Hl0, 282 

llH, 5fi5 

!Jl, 874 l \l:-1, f>lG 

()1, [H7 

:n,!H!l 

l:il, H91 

:Iii, 028 

·iO, 717 

27, 6fll 1-1, G·i2 

ill, 9G9 

10. l 

()7. fl 

21. !J 

:J-1. l 

H.n 

:21.0 

20. 7 

~5.5 

:io. i no.1 I - l, 8 22, (j 

fil. H :-15. H 

. ..... ~ ................... .. 

l 'l'otal Cor 1860 inelurfos pnpnla.tion (('1,482) or Arizona Cmmty, orc:1inizl•d a~ the territory CJf •• \rizouu _in l~1i:t rrlw 1m1mlation of tho rerrminder of Now Mexico torritorr i.n 181>0 was thus Si,O:H. Making. ullnw:mc<l fur tlus rPdt1ct1011 m .if<':\, tlw total for 

18i0 would represent 1111 increase o[ .1,sio, or o.fi percent, ns compared ;nlll l8.i0. No populatwu was retur1rn1l for Anzona 

County in rg5o. 

Counties.-N cw Mexico has 20 counties, of which 

10 show decreases as compared with HllO, 4 of these 

<lecreases, however, being due to reductions in aren. 

1'hree new counties·-De Baca, Hidalgo, nnd Leahave been organized since 1010 from parts of five 

others. (See 'i'able l .) It hits been necessary, therefore, in preparing tho m:1ps on page 3, showing 

rates of increase or decrease in total and rurn1 popula20974-21 

tion of counties hetween l fl HI and Hl20, to combine 

Chaves, De Bnc:t, Edtly, Guarlttlupe, Lea, awl Itooscvdt Counties nnd to comhine Grnnt untl Hidalgo 

CountiPs. 

Density of population.·--·1'lw total lan<l arett of the 

statn is 122,li08 square miles. 'l'he average number of 

inlrnhitnnts to the squ11re mile in 1020 is 2Jl (see Table 

I 1), as 11gai11st 2.7 in HllO nnd 1.6 in moo.