State of New Mexico Holidays & Observances

Comprehensive list New Mexico Official National and State Holidays and how they are observed

New Mexico State Day: January 6
Became the 47th State to join the Union that makes up our Nation.

List of New Mexico Legal Public Holidays 

When the holiday falls on a Saturday, the federal holiday is observed on the Friday before.
When the holiday falls on a Sunday, the federal holiday is observed on the following Monday.

New Year's Day - January 1

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday - 3rd Monday in January

Presidents' Day - 3rd Monday in February

Memorial Day - last Monday in May

Independence Day - July 4

Labor Day - 1st Monday in September

Indigenous Peoples' Day - 2nd Monday in October

Armistice Day / Veterans' Day - November 11

Thanksgiving Day - 4th Thursday in November

Christmas Day - December 25

New Mexico State Special Observances

• Ernie Pyle Day - August 3
• Onate Day - July
• American History Month - February
• Bataan Day - April 9
• American Indian day - 1st Friday of February
• Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty day - February 2
• Family day - 2nd Sunday of September
• African-American day - 2nd Friday of February
• Hispanic culture day - 2nd Tuesday of February
• Juneteenth Freedom Day - 3rd Saturday in June
• Hemophilia Awareness Day - 2nd Monday in June
• Firefighter Day of Remembrance - September 11
• New Mexico Youth Day - 1st Saturday of August
• Bataan-Corregidor heritage month - April
• Rudolfo Anaya I Love to Read Day - October 30

State Statutes:  (Source)

This article updated as of November 2023

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