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Portales, NM Urban Area

12,002 Population
5.2 square miles 2,288.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,967 ±$2,026 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,163 ±$4,715 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.7% ±5.2% (3,036  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±2.1 (64,065  ±12,441) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,541 ±336 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (11,064  ±176) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±4% (158  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,282 ±295 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,500 ±$20,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.3% ±5.7% (3,211  ±669.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±8.4% (5,649  ±639.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.4% ±4.9% (1,625  ±328.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

8% ±3.5% (963  ±420) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.3% (703  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
703 Total veterans ±195 647 Male ±191 56 Female ±50

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