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Las Cruces, NM

113,881 Population
76.9 square miles 1,480.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34.1 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.3

Economics

$29,126 ±$2,041 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $27,675 ±$1,308
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $33,916 ±$627
$50,372 ±$8,134 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $51,967 ±$5,078
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $59,726 ±$1,306

25.9% ±5.2% (29,287  ±5,904) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 24.5% † 53,138 (±3.3% / ±7,174)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.6% 364,725 (±0.7% / ±14,925)

19 minutes ±0.7 (845,055  ±48,158) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.5 1,908,180 (±0.9 / ±88,778)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)

Families

47,379 ±1,923 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 85,746 ±1,517
  • New Mexico: 848,218 ±4,975
2.4 ±0.1 (113,164  ±73) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 218,243 (±0.1 / ±182)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,070,420

5.2% ±2.9% (1,652  ±936) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 6.4% † 3,627 (±2.2% / ±1,227)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,681 (±0.8% / ±3,582)

Housing

50,454 ±2,008 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 92,715 ±77
  • New Mexico: 956,743 ±137

$224,300 ±$16,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $211,700 ±$11,437
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $243,100 ±$3,047

13.9% ±3.3% (15,575  ±3,757.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 11.4% † 25,090 (±2% / ±4,502)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,091 (±0.7% / ±13,891.4)

Social

88.4% ±5.6% (62,673  ±4,681.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 84.9% 117,271 (±4.2% / ±5,806.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,278,828 (±1.3% / ±19,126)
30.4% ±3.7% (21,579  ±2,791) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 28.6% 39,495 (±2.4% / ±3,271.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 30.5% 442,597 (±0.7% / ±10,623)

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

11.6% ±2.4% (13,226  ±2,782) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.7% 32,763
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.3% 196,873

10% ±2% (8,897  ±1,806) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 8.8% † 15,032 (±1.3% / ±2,256)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.3% 136,204 (±0.3% / ±5,671)
8,897 Total veterans ±1,806 8,010 Male ±1,651 887 Female ±515

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