Data Links
Census Data
New Mexico Census Data—provides quick access to Census Bureau links for demographic, business and government summary statistics for the state: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
2002 Economic Census for New Mexico—sales, employment, payroll and establishment counts by sector: http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/02EC_NM.HTM
County Business Patterns—an annual time series of viewable tables, downloadable data sets and pdf reports, showing numbers of establishments by employment size class, employment and payroll by sector for businesses with paid workers. There are also limited data for ZIP Codes:
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Economic Data & Much More
University of New Mexico, Bureau of Business & Economic Research (BBER)—economic and demographic data tables prepared by BBER, socioeconomic profiles for counties and cities, and links to other data sources: http://www.unm.edu/~bber/
Workforce Data
New Mexico Dept. of Labor, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau, Labor Market Information:
http://www.dol.state.nm.us/dol_lmif.html
LASER – Labor Analysis Statistics and Economic Research – detailed statistics including information on economic activity, employment by industry and occupation and future employment projections: http://laser.state.nm.us/
Labor Market Review—a monthly publication of the New Mexico Department of Labor:
http://www.dws.state.nm.us/dws-lmrv.html
LEHD- Local Employment Dynamics for New Mexico— National quarterly workforce indicators by industry and county: http://www.lehd.did.census.gov/led/index.html
Department of New Mexico Workforce solutions:: http://www.dws.state.nm.us/
U. S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—interactive tables containing various employment and wage data by sector for states, metro areas and counties: http://www.bls.gov/
BLS Occupational Employment Statistic Tables for New Mexico:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis—provides employment data for states, metro areas, BEA economic areas and counties through a series of interactive tables. Wage and income data for counties and gross product data for states are also available:http://www.bea.gov/
Education Data
New Mexico Department of Education—school district profiles, accountability reports:
http://www.sde.state.nm.us/
New Mexico Higher Education Department— http://hed.state.nm.us/
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)—the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States: http://nces.ed.gov/
NCES School District Demographics: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/index.asp
General Information on New Mexico
New Mexico State Library—provides links to federal and local census data sites, Government Printing Office resources, and other federal depository libraries in the state:
http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/
Geographic Data
U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Geographic Products and Information—provides links to pdf reference and thematic maps on-line, boundary files, on-line mapping sites, lists of Census 2000 centers of population, block and tract relationship files, and more:
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/census2k.html
The New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) Program—provides online access to a wide variety of geospatial datasets for New Mexico that can be downloaded for use with GIS technology: http://rgis.unm.edu/
University of New Mexico, Division of Government Research—provides links to economic, demographic and health care data, with some online mapping capabilities. Traffic crash stats are a featured database: http://www.unm.edu/~dgrint/
Agriculture and Natural Resources
New Mexico Agricultural Statistics Service—provides access to cash receipts, production and value of production data by type of crop and livestock: http://www.nass.usda.gov/nm/
NMSU Dairy Extension: http://cahe.nmsu.edu/ces/dairy/index.html
New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Resources Dept.—see their annual publication “New Mexico’s Natural Resources,” an excellent source for data on energy and other resources:
http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/
New Mexico Energy Data from the U. S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
New Mexico Water Resource Data & Information System: http://wrri.nmsu.edu/wrdis/wrdis.html
Climate Data
New Mexico Climate Center at New Mexico State University—local area climate data:
http://weather.nmsu.edu/
Transportation Data
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransStats—provides one-stop shopping for transportation data compiled by federal agencies, covering over 100 databases across every mode of transportation: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/
New Mexico Department of Transportation: http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/
Tourism and Travel Data
New Mexico Tourism Department—provides tourism and visitor data
Go to the Tourism Department home page: http://www.newmexico.org/ click on “New Mexico Tourism Department Programs & Info” in the bottom right corner, then select a “Travel Research Info” topic from the panel on the left.