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Carlsbad, NM Urban Area

33,241 Population
19.5 square miles 1,706.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,992 ±$2,623 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$76,852 ±$4,447 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.1% ±2.7% (4,285  ±886) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.7 minutes ±1.1 (277,275  ±25,005) 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

13,230 ±627 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (32,455  ±934) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8% ±3.3% (562  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,273 ±533 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$187,300 ±$9,601 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15.3% ±3.4% (4,976  ±1,127.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83% ±4.2% (18,812  ±1,217.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.7% ±2.5% (4,686  ±591.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-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

6.3% ±1.7% (2,085  ±556) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.7% ±1.5% (1,704  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,704 Total veterans ±382 1,591 Male ±361 113 Female ±74

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