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Cotton City, NM

236 Population
25.8 square miles 9.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±30.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 42.3 ±1.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,787 ±$5,073 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $25,587 † ±$3,285
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$56,688 ±$24,600 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $49,076 † ±$11,100
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

8.1% ±12.9% (19  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.5% † 823 (±5.1% / ±206)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

17.4 minutes ±13.2 (1,980  ±1,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hidalgo County: 23.3 † 36,310 (±4.2 / ±7,744)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

105 ±50 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 1,501 ±121
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.3 ±0.5 (236  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 2.7 4,015 (±0.2 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

53.2% ±48.8% (25  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 10.3% † 76 (±6.7% / ±50)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

180 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 2,219 ±34
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$191,700 ±$98,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hidalgo County: $114,000 ±$10,636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

66.7% ±14% (128  ±66.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 84.9% 2,451 (±8.4% / ±248.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
18.8% ±20.7% (36  ±43.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 17.8% † 513 (±4.3% / ±125)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

28% ±18.5% (66  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 8.3% 339
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

2.1% ±3.5% (4  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.5% † 207 (±2.1% / ±66)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
4 Total veterans ±7 4 Male ±7 N/A Female ±13

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