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Lea County, NM

72,452 Population
4,391.6 square miles 16.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$27,341 ±$2,950 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $33,916 ±$627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$58,150 ±$9,847 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $59,726 ±$1,306
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.4% ±5.2% (14,278  ±3,659) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.6% 364,725 (±0.7% / ±14,925)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.5 minutes ±1.7 (711,950  ±53,518) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

25,580 ±967 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 848,218 ±4,975
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0.1 (70,129  ±184) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,070,420
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.8% ±3.6% (651  ±627) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,681 (±0.8% / ±3,582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

28,335 ±69 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 956,743 ±137
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$175,600 ±$23,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $243,100 ±$3,047
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.2% ±5.1% (11,625  ±3,637.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,091 (±0.7% / ±13,891.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

74.1% ±7.2% (31,943  ±3,273.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,278,828 (±1.3% / ±19,126)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
12.1% ±3.1% (5,197  ±1,332.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 30.5% 442,597 (±0.7% / ±10,623)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

19.7% (14,238  ±2,397) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.3% 196,873
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4% ±1.2% (2,056  ±621) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 8.3% 136,204 (±0.3% / ±5,671)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
2,056 Total veterans ±621 1,805 Male ±603 251 Female ±225

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