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Las Cruces, NM Metro Area

229,366 Population
3,808.2 square miles 60.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,412 ±$3,037 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,154 ±$4,676 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.3% ±2.8% (40,845  ±6,250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±2.5 (2,117,480  ±258,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

86,249 ±1,795 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (223,205  ±284) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±1.9% (3,167  ±1,050) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

94,831 ±122 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$259,000 ±$9,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.7% ±2.3% (26,409  ±5,116) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.5% ±4.3% (122,124  ±6,299.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.6% ±2.7% (45,642  ±3,882.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.3% (30,484  ±3,634) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1% (12,727  ±1,727) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,727 Total veterans ±1,727 11,975 Male ±1,629 752 Female ±406

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