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Las Cruces, NM Urban Area

142,432 Population
64.5 square miles 2,209.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,996 ±$2,502 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,687 ±$4,102 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.6% ±3.3% (25,744  ±4,609) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,126,365  ±105,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

60,061 ±1,957 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (139,224  ±4,246) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.1% ±2.5% (2,130  ±864) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

63,138 ±1,907 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$246,300 ±$15,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.3% ±3.3% (22,986  ±4,697.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88% ±4.8% (81,203  ±5,239.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.8% ±3.3% (33,967  ±3,297.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

9.6% ±1.5% (13,655  ±2,103) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.4% ±1.2% (9,311  ±1,369) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,311 Total veterans ±1,369 8,397 Male ±1,320 914 Female ±435

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