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Portales Municipal Schools, NM

17,327 Population
346.1 square miles 50.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roosevelt County: 32.3 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,248 ±$1,821 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Roosevelt County: $25,975 ±$1,719
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,475 ±$5,366 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Roosevelt County: $52,685 ±$5,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.2% ±3.5% (3,594  ±578) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 21.9% † 3,895 (±3.4% / ±599)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.4 minutes ±1.5 (110,305  ±13,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roosevelt County: 15.7 129,215 (±1.4 / ±14,078)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,800 ±321 Number of households
  • Roosevelt County: 7,441 ±266
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (16,271  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roosevelt County: 2.4 17,872 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3.2% (276  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 6.1% † 286 (±3.1% / ±144)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,739 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Roosevelt County: 8,577 ±22
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,000 ±$16,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Roosevelt County: $135,800 † ±$13,723
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24% ±4% (4,085  ±692.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Roosevelt County: 23.1% † 4,299 (±3.8% / ±712.3)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±6.8% (8,601  ±740.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 86.4% 9,600 (±6.4% / ±744.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±3.5% (2,117  ±352.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 21.2% † 2,354 (±3.2% / ±356)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.3% ±2.3% (1,445  ±397) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 8.3% 1,566
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±2% (1,110  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Roosevelt County: 8.6% † 1,191 (±1.8% / ±249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,110 Total veterans ±246 1,021 Male ±233 89 Female ±63

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