Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Las Cruces city GEOCODE:35-0220 NM ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 45,060 100.0% 62,126 100.0% 17,066 37.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 38,644 85.8% 50,897 81.9% 12,253 31.7 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 223 0.5% 580 0.9% 357 160.1 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,987 82.1% 54,924 88.4% 17,937 48.5 6.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 749 1.7% 1,178 1.9% 429 57.3 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 311 0.7% 867 1.4% 556 178.8 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 310 0.7% 506 0.8% 196 63.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 20,479 45.4% 28,834 46.4% 8,355 40.8 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,483 7.7% 4,750 7.6% 1,267 36.4 -0.1 5-17.................. 9,801 21.8% 11,858 19.1% 2,057 21.0 -2.7 18-24.................. 7,834 17.4% 8,640 13.9% 806 10.3 -3.5 25-44.................. 11,826 26.2% 19,144 30.8% 7,318 61.9 4.6 45-64.................. 8,094 18.0% 10,698 17.2% 2,604 32.2 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 4,022 8.9% 7,036 11.3% 3,014 74.9 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,284 29.5% 16,608 26.7% 3,324 25.0 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 14,441 32.0% 21,741 35.0% 7,301 50.6 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 30.1 3.3 12.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,217 $23,648 431 1.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,770 $29,153 383 1.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,414 $11,175 761 7.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,090 20.3% 13,872 22.6% 4,782 52.6 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 16,160 100.0% 23,702 100.0% 7,542 46.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,391 70.5% 15,732 66.4% 4,341 38.1 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,934 36.7% 8,230 34.7% 2,296 38.7 -2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,189 56.9% 11,886 50.1% 2,697 29.4 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,866 30.1% 5,767 24.3% 901 18.5 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,726 10.7% 2,988 12.6% 1,262 73.1 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,115 6.9% 1,826 7.7% 711 63.8 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,676 22.7% 5,887 24.8% 2,211 60.1 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,942 100.0% 36,878 100.0% 12,936 54.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,484 31.3% 8,384 22.7% 900 12.0 -8.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,846 24.4% 10,753 29.2% 4,907 83.9 4.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,521 100.0% 29,562 100.0% 10,041 51.4 FEMALE................ 8,431 43.2% 13,373 45.2% 4,942 58.6 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 18,056 92.5% 26,918 91.1% 8,862 49.1 -1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,247 26.9% 8,605 29.1% 3,358 64.0 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,503 12.8% 4,024 13.6% 1,521 60.8 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,659 100.0% 25,676 100.0% 8,017 45.4 OCCUPIED.............. 16,139 91.4% 23,797 92.7% 7,658 47.5 1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,734 60.3% 13,382 56.2% 3,648 37.5 -4.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $75,190 $73,734 -1,456 -1.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,405 39.7% 10,415 43.8% 4,010 62.6 4.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $341 $366 25 7.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,503 65.1% 15,063 58.7% 3,560 30.9 -6.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,088 6.2% 2,846 11.1% 1,758 161.6 4.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.8 1973.0 8.2 0.4 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis