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Gallup, NM Micro Area

71,780 Population
5,451.1 square miles 13.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$18,542 ±$1,731 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $31,043 ±$675
  • about half the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$41,643 ±$4,272 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $53,992 ±$1,483
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

31.7% ±4.6% (22,607  ±3,264) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.4% 382,798 (±1% / ±20,667)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.2 minutes ±0.6 (479,655  ±24,638) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 22.7 18,817,440 (±0.2 / ±218,888)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

20,949 ±597 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 834,007 ±4,770
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3.4 ±0.1 (70,843  ±534) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,074,979 (±0)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

0.9% ±0.7% (150  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5% † 23,596 (±0.6% / ±3,048)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

25,147 ±158 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 948,042 ±368
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$59,600 ±$14,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $214,000 ±$4,000
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

4.6% ±1.9% (3,294  ±1,373.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 12.6% 263,280 (±0.7% / ±15,067.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

82.8% ±6% (37,970  ±2,825.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 87.5% 1,268,955 (±1.3% / ±19,674.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
13.7% ±2.7% (6,289  ±1,258.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 30.1% 435,930 (±0.7% / ±10,085.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

2.4% ±1.2% (1,734  ±834) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.1% 192,634 (±0.4% / ±9,132)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.3% ±1.5% (3,289  ±803) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 128,924 (±0.3% / ±5,019)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
3,289 Total veterans ±803 2,712 Male ±856 577 Female ±375

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