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La Plata, NM

2,185 Population
22.2 square miles 98.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 38 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,120 ±$7,907 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $26,583 ±$1,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$54,801 ±$13,608 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $53,020 ±$2,556
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

23.1% ±10.8% (503  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 23.2% 27,779 (±1.6% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

27.5 minutes ±3.9 (19,090  ±5,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 23.8 1,010,830 (±0.8 / ±44,368)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

809 ±158 Number of households
  • the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 41,053 ±622
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.7 ±0.7 (2,185  ±362) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 2.9 119,595 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

1.2% ±2.5% (6  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,474 (±1.3% / ±352)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

867 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 48,085 ±62
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$187,000 ±$15,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $185,100 ±$4,661
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

9% ±3.7% (195  ±87.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 9.7% † 11,658 (±1.2% / ±1,394)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

86.6% ±21.7% (1,401  ±247.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 86.5% 69,292 (±2.5% / ±1,981.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19.2% ±5.5% (311  ±104.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 16.7% 13,343 (±1.1% / ±865.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

6.3% ±5.8% (138  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 3% 3,683
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

12.4% ±4.9% (213  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 6.4% 5,748 (±0.5% / ±463)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
213 Total veterans ±92 144 Male ±67 69 Female ±55

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