New Mexico Higher Education Department

New Mexico Higher Education Department 5 . Hispanic Representation in New Mexico Higher Education: The 2000 Census reported Hispanics to be approximately 42% of the state population. In 1999 there were 32,057 resident Hispanics accounting for 33.6% of all undergraduate enrollments. By 2004 those figures had shown an increase to 40,210 or 35.9%. ................
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