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Mescalero Reservation

3,577 Population
719.2 square miles 5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,383 ±$2,829 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$39,185 ±$7,033 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

30.1% ±9.1% (1,061  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.4 minutes ±2.4 (25,460  ±4,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

915 ±119 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3.8 ±0.6 (3,511  ±373) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.6% ±1.7% (14  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

1,131 ±141 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$53,500 ±$14,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

1.7% ±0.9% (61  ±32) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80.4% ±7.5% (1,793  ±263.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.9% ±7.1% (332  ±163.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (27  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4% ±1.9% (106  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
106 Total veterans ±52 99 Male ±52 7 Female ±12

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