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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: Las Cruces city, New Mexico

NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table.

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	74,267	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	36,036	48.5
Female	38,231	51.5

Under 5 years	5,195	7.0
5 to 9 years	5,251	7.1
10 to 14 years	5,054	6.8
15 to 19 years	6,244	8.4
20 to 24 years	8,771	11.8
25 to 34 years	9,981	13.4
35 to 44 years	9,976	13.4
45 to 54 years	8,265	11.1
55 to 59 years	2,972	4.0
60 to 64 years	2,837	3.8
65 to 74 years	5,280	7.1
75 to 84 years	3,306	4.5
85 years and over	1,135	1.5

Median age (years)	31.2	(X)

18 years and over	55,618	74.9
Male	26,501	35.7
Female	29,117	39.2
21 years and over	50,378	67.8
62 years and over	11,447	15.4
65 years and over	9,721	13.1
Male	4,171	5.6
Female	5,550	7.5

RACE
One race	71,224	95.9
White	51,248	69.0
Black or African American	1,738	2.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,289	1.7
Asian	863	1.2
Asian Indian	191	0.3
Chinese	210	0.3
Filipino	104	0.1
Japanese	116	0.2
Korean	76	0.1
Vietnamese	37	0.0
Other Asian ¹	129	0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1
Native Hawaiian	18	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	14	0.0
Samoan	10	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	13	0.0
Some other race	16,031	21.6
Two or more races	3,043	4.1

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	53,919	72.6
Black or African American	2,154	2.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,993	2.7
Asian	1,286	1.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	160	0.2
Some other race	17,985	24.2

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	74,267	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	38,421	51.7
Mexican	24,155	32.5
Puerto Rican	285	0.4
Cuban	57	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	13,924	18.7
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,846	48.3
White alone	31,208	42.0

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	74,267	100.0
In households	71,868	96.8
Householder	29,184	39.3
Spouse	12,355	16.6
Child	20,934	28.2
Own child under 18 years	16,464	22.2
Other relatives	3,842	5.2
Under 18 years	1,672	2.3
Nonrelatives	5,553	7.5
Unmarried partner	2,043	2.8
In group quarters	2,399	3.2
Institutionalized population	1,147	1.5
Noninstitutionalized population	1,252	1.7

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	29,184	100.0
Family households (families)	18,130	62.1
With own children under 18 years	8,881	30.4
Married-couple family	12,355	42.3
With own children under 18 years	5,241	18.0
Female householder, no husband present	4,409	15.1
With own children under 18 years	2,890	9.9
Nonfamily households	11,054	37.9
Householder living alone	8,138	27.9
Householder 65 years and over	2,609	8.9

Households with individuals under 18 years	9,874	33.8
Households with individuals 65 years and over	6,841	23.4

Average household size	2.46	(X)
Average family size	3.05	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	31,682	100.0
Occupied housing units	29,184	92.1
Vacant housing units	2,498	7.9
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	211	0.7

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.3	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	29,184	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	16,960	58.1
Renter-occupied housing units	12,224	41.9

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.60	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.28	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.