Lovington, New Mexico Demographics

Lovington is 1st in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Lovington is 2nd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lovington is 3rd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Foreign born residents

Lovington is 4th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Lovington is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in People per household

Lovington is 8th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Lovington is 9th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lovington is 18th in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	11,275	18th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.7	44th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,321.1	2nd	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	9.9%	1st	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	31.7%	4th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.8%	37th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	61.1%	43rd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.7%	42nd	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	66.9%	34th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	8th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	30th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	34th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	35th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	9th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	31.7%	33rd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.0%	37th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.3%	3rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	3,956	27th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.4%	33rd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	3,206	26th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.2%	21st	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,100	42nd	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	3.2	7th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$15,581	39th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$40,655	25th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.0%	23rd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lovington	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	727	29th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$67,521	31st	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,781	31st	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,485	27th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732