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Cotton City, NM

286 Population
25.8 square miles 11.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±34.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 42.6 ±1.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,086 ±$5,079 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $26,834 † ±$3,034
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,574 ±$22,996 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $48,882 † ±$8,524
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.3% ±15.8% (101  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 23.1% † 918 (±4.5% / ±181)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32 minutes ±19.4 (3,485  ±2,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.2 † 35,585 (±3.8 / ±7,044)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

104 ±50 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 1,478 ±107
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±1.8 (286  ±124) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 2.7 3,977 (±0.2 / ±43)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

21.8% ±21.9% (12  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 4.3% † 33 (±2.9% / ±22)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

204 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 2,232 ±43
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,900 ±$56,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hidalgo County: $111,000 ±$8,757
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

82.1% ±49.6% (170  ±72) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hidalgo County: 87% 2,572 (±8.3% / ±249.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±16.2% (27  ±35.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 18.3% † 541 (±4.3% / ±128.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about two-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

28.7% ±12.8% (82  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 7.7% 312
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±12.4% (26  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 6% † 190 (±2.2% / ±68)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±28 8 Male ±10 18 Female ±25

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