ALBUQUERQUE VIRTUAL MAGAZINE IMANOL MATOZO
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Population:<br />
The United States Census<br />
Bureau estimates that the<br />
population of New Mexico was<br />
2,085,109 on July 1, 2015. ten<br />
years later the 2010 United<br />
States Census recorded a<br />
population of 2,059,179, an<br />
11.7% increase. Of the people<br />
residing in New Mexico, 51.4%<br />
were born in New Mexico,<br />
37.9% were born in a different<br />
US state, 1.1% were born in<br />
Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas,<br />
or born abroad to American<br />
parent(s), and 9.7% were<br />
foreign born.<br />
Culture:<br />
The capital city has<br />
several art museums,<br />
including the New<br />
Mexico Museum of Art,<br />
Museum of Spanish<br />
Colonial Art, Museum of<br />
International Folk Art,<br />
Museum of Indian Arts<br />
and Culture, Museum of<br />
Contemporary Native<br />
Arts, SITE Santa Fe and<br />
others. Colonies for<br />
artists and writers thrive,<br />
and the small city teems<br />
with art galleries. In August, the city hosts the annual Santa Fe Indian Market,<br />
which is the oldest and largest juried Native American art showcase in the world.
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