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Las Cruces, NM Urban Area

139,530 Population
64.5 square miles 2,164.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,241 ±$2,411 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,733 ±$4,362 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.8% ±3.9% (26,880  ±5,292) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±1.1 (1,093,775  ±75,483) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,083 ±2,526 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (136,124  ±3,633) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±1.7% (1,022  ±607) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,762 ±2,448 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$259,400 ±$12,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.7% ±2.8% (18,953  ±3,889.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91% ±4.8% (77,349  ±5,044) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.6% ±3.8% (31,104  ±3,413.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.8% ±1.7% (10,879  ±2,435) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±1% (7,597  ±1,148) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,597 Total veterans ±1,148 7,074 Male ±1,089 523 Female ±350

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