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Fort Sumner, NM

938 Population
3.3 square miles 283 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in De Baca County: 35.3 † ±13.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,629 ±$12,819 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in De Baca County: $34,932 † ±$9,332
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in De Baca County: $-666,666,700
  • New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

17.3% ±7.5% (160  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in De Baca County: 15.5% † 242 (±6.8% / ±109)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

10.4 minutes ±9.9 (4,445  ±2,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in De Baca County: 11.4 † 8,020 (±2.8 / ±3,017)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

415 ±209 Number of households
  • De Baca County: 820 † ±119
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.2 ±1.4 (924  ±333) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in De Baca County: 1.9 † 1,562 (±0.3 / ±167)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

76.5% ±47.5% (91  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in De Baca County: 61.5% † 91 (±44.3% / ±85)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

590 ±211 Number of housing units
  • De Baca County: 1,260 ±113
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • De Baca County: $187,500 † ±$163,183
  • New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

46.6% ±39.7% (428  ±396.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in De Baca County: 30.4% † 474 (±25.4% / ±398.1)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

91.6% ±57.9% (586  ±246.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in De Baca County: 90% † 1,097 (±12.1% / ±202.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
2.7% ±5.1% (17  ±33.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in De Baca County: 9.3% † 113 (±4.5% / ±56.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in De Baca County: 0.6% † 9 (±0.6% / ±10)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

2.2% ±2.2% (15  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in De Baca County: 5.3% † 67 (±3.6% / ±46)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
15 Total veterans ±16 15 Male ±16 N/A Female ±14

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