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Portales, New Mexico QuickFacts

	Portales, New Mexico	United States
Total population	11,131	281,421,906
State	New Mexico
City	portales

Portales, New Mexico Population

	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
Male	5,381	48.34%	49.06%
Female	5,750	51.66%	50.94%
Median age (years)	27.3		35.3

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	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
18 years and over	8,200	73.67%	74.31%
21 years and over	7,057	63.4%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,552	13.94%	14.66%
65 years and over	1,361	12.23%	12.43%

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	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
White	7,658	68.8%	75.14%
Black or African American	254	2.28%	12.32%
Asian	107	0.96%	3.64%
Some other race	2,739	24.61%	5.46%
Two or more races	373	3.35%	2.43%

Portales, New Mexico Housing

	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
Total households	4,188		105,480,101
Family households (families)	2,658	63.47%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,530	36.53%	31.94%

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	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
Total housing units	4,832		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	674	13.95%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	4,188	86.67%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	2,292	47.43%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,896	39.24%	30.77%

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	Portales, New Mexico	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	956	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	845	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	128	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	73	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	0	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	0	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	52,300	119,600

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	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,344	32.09%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,010	24.12%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	518	12.37%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	457	10.91%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	470	11.22%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	346	8.26%	9.65%

Portales, New Mexico Education

	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,289		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	179	4.17%	6.47%
Kindergarten	206	4.8%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,232	28.72%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	563	13.13%	21.38%
College or graduate school	2,109	49.17%	22.81%

Portales, New Mexico Economy

	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
Population 16 years and over	8,385		217,168,077
In labor force	5,038	60.08%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	4,890	58.32%	63.39%
- - Employed	4,375	52.18%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	515	6.14%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	148	1.77%	0.53%
Not in labor force	3,347	39.92%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	4,448	53.05%	51.66%
In labor force	2,379	28.37%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,362	28.17%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,105	25.1%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	945	11.27%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	522		12,787,501

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	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	4,123		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	897	21.76%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	515	12.49%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	661	16.03%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	600	14.55%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	680	16.49%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	508	12.32%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	111	2.69%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	110	2.67%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	18	0.44%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	23	0.56%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	24,658		41,994

	Portales, New Mexico	%, Portales, New Mexico	United States
With earnings	3,121	37.22%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	32,177		56,604
With Social Security income	1,154	13.76%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,413		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	236	2.81%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,621		6,320
With public assistance income	167	1.99%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,193		3,032
With retirement income	613	7.31%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,707		17,376

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