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Who’s Who in Building 55 Selecting a Builder 56 In preparing this publication, every effort Selecting a Contractor 57 has been made to assure the accuracy of Mortgage Information 58-60 the information contained herein, but authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Listings are subject to omission, error or change BUSINESS DIRECTORY without notice. Business Directory Listings 61-65 All material in this publication is copyright protected and can only be reprinted with permission of the publisher. Albuquerque Information Guide [ 7 THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ew Mexico is a southwestern state in the United States. New Mexico does not have a sales tax. Instead, it has a 5% gross Over its relatively long history it has also been occupied by receipts tax. In almost every case, the business passes along the NNative American populations and has been part of the tax to the consumer, so that the gross receipts tax resembles a Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, a province of Mexico and a U.S. sales tax. The combined gross receipts tax rate varies throughout territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has simultaneously the the state from 5.125% to 7.8125%. The total rate is a combination highest percentage of Hispanic Americans (some recent immigrants of all rates imposed by the state, counties and municipalities. and others descendants of Spanish colonists) and the second- Started in 2005, New Mexicans no longer pay taxes on most food highest percentage of Native Americans (mostly Navajo and Pueblo purchases; however, there are exceptions to this program. Also peoples). As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are beginning Jan. 2005, the state eliminated the tax on certain medical unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. Amerindian services. cultural influences. The climate of New Mexico is best summed up as sunny and dry. With a Native American population of 134,000 in 1990, New The main factor in the climate of the state is elevation. Summers in Mexico still ranks as an important center of American Indian culture. New Mexico are hot below 5000 feet in elevation with daytime highs Both the Navajo and Apache share Athabaskan origin. The Apache frequently exceeding 100 °F. At the highest elevations, the upper and some Ute live on federal reservations within the state. With 16 70’s °F is the summertime normal high temperature. The million acres, mostly in neighboring Arizona, the reservation of the summertime peak is often reached earlier than in the rest of the Navajo Nation ranks as the largest in the United States. The United States and July and August often bring monsoon moisture prehistorically agricultural Pueblo Indians live in pueblos scattered to the state as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico comes into the throughout the state, many older than any European settlement. state. Summer nights are comfortable as the temperature drops Private service economy in urban New Mexico, especially in rapidly as the sun sets. The winters bring cooler temperatures than Albuquerque, has boomed in recent decades. Since the end of might be expected for a state at its latitude with daytime highs in the World War II, the city has gained an ever-growing number of south part of the state only reaching around 55 °F in lower retirees, especially among armed forces veterans and government elevations in the south, while many higher elevations in the north workers. It is also increasingly gaining notice as a health conscious barely average above freezing. Nights throughout the state tend to community, and contains many hospitals and a high per capita be below freezing in the winter. As a general rule, precipitation in number of massage and alternative therapists. The warm, semiarid New Mexico increases with elevation with the southern desert and climate has contributed to the exploding population of the San Juan Valley receiving less than 10 inches per year, while the Albuquerque, attracting new industries to New Mexico. highest areas of the state receive more than 20 inches per year. Cattle and dairy products top the list of major animal products of New Mexico. Cattle, sheep, and other livestock graze most of the arable land of the state throughout the year. New Mexicans derive Fast Facts POPULATION: 1,928,384 much of their income from mineral extraction. Even before AREA: 121,593 sq. mi European exploration, Native Americans mined turquoise for Santa Fe making jewelry. After the Spanish introduced refined silver alloys CAPITAL: they were incorporated into the Indian jewelry designs.