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Las Cruces, NM

114,891 Population
76.9 square miles 1,493.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.9 ±0.3

Economics

$32,874 ±$2,813 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $29,305 ±$1,555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $35,510 ±$691
$55,012 ±$5,544 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $56,451 ±$2,244
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,268 ±$1,281

19.3% ±3.8% (21,873  ±4,290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 20.7% † 45,367 (±3% / ±6,589)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 368,669 (±0.9% / ±18,140)

18.7 minutes ±0.6 (828,855  ±41,832) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

50,409 ±1,905 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 87,688 ±1,467
  • New Mexico: 856,580 ±6,374
2.3 ±0.1 (114,156  ±109) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.5 219,982 (±0 / ±497)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,071,290

5.5% ±2.8% (1,566  ±789) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,846 (±2% / ±1,078)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,730 (±0.7% / ±3,267)

Housing

52,623 ±1,792 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 93,944 ±201
  • New Mexico: 965,373 ±173

$246,200 ±$16,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $228,000 ±$11,312
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $256,300 ±$5,161

17.1% ±3.8% (19,447  ±4,299) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 15.9% † 35,495 (±2.6% / ±5,685.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,807 (±0.7% / ±13,762.4)

Social

88.5% ±5.7% (65,828  ±4,800.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83.6% 119,187 (±4.1% / ±5,891.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.5% 1,287,157 (±1.2% / ±18,157.6)
38.5% ±3.9% (28,656  ±3,094.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.8% 45,350 (±2.4% / ±3,472.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31.7% 465,561 (±0.7% / ±10,724.1)

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

10.1% ±1.7% (11,565  ±1,937) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 15.5% 34,989
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 10.2% 215,697

7.9% ±1.3% (7,029  ±1,157) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.1% † 12,260 (±0.9% / ±1,617)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.4% 122,492 (±0.3% / ±5,087)
7,029 Total veterans ±1,157 6,163 Male ±1,137 866 Female ±432

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