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Las Cruces Public Schools, NM

163,906 Population
1,451.1 square miles 113 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Doña Ana County: 34.8 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.9 ±0.3

Economics

$32,360 ±$2,125 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Doña Ana County: $29,305 ±$1,555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $35,510 ±$691
$57,447 ±$3,245 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Doña Ana County: $56,451 ±$2,244
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,268 ±$1,281

17.6% ±3% (27,910  ±4,884) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Doña Ana County: 20.7% † 45,367 (±3% / ±6,589)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 368,669 (±0.9% / ±18,140)

19.5 minutes ±1.3 (1,283,405  ±109,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Doña Ana County: 21.7 1,965,980 (±1.5 / ±159,831)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 19,644,764 (±0.5 / ±533,870)

Families

68,131 ±1,951 Number of households
  • Doña Ana County: 87,688 ±1,467
  • New Mexico: 856,580 ±6,374
2.3 ±0 (158,818  ±4,850) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Doña Ana County: 2.5 219,982 (±0 / ±497)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,071,290

6.8% ±2.5% (2,614  ±979) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Doña Ana County: 5.2% † 2,846 (±2% / ±1,078)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,730 (±0.7% / ±3,267)

Housing

72,228 ±1,794 Number of housing units
  • Doña Ana County: 93,944 ±201
  • New Mexico: 965,373 ±173

$254,400 ±$15,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Doña Ana County: $228,000 ±$11,312
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $256,300 ±$5,161

16.3% ±3% (26,425  ±4,969.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Doña Ana County: 15.9% † 35,495 (±2.6% / ±5,685.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,807 (±0.7% / ±13,762.4)

Social

87.6% ±4.4% (93,805  ±5,385.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Doña Ana County: 83.6% 119,187 (±4.1% / ±5,891.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.5% 1,287,157 (±1.2% / ±18,157.6)
37.3% ±2.9% (39,976  ±3,343.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Doña Ana County: 31.8% 45,350 (±2.4% / ±3,472.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31.7% 465,561 (±0.7% / ±10,724.1)

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

11.6% ±1.8% (19,037  ±2,998) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Doña Ana County: 15.5% 34,989
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 10.2% 215,697

8.1% ±1.1% (10,461  ±1,408) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Doña Ana County: 7.1% † 12,260 (±0.9% / ±1,617)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.4% 122,492 (±0.3% / ±5,087)
10,461 Total veterans ±1,408 9,487 Male ±1,365 974 Female ±448

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