Portales, New Mexico Demographics

Portales is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Income below poverty line

Portales is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Portales is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Portales is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Portales is 13th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Asian

Portales is 14th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Portales is 14th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Portales is 15th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Portales is 16th in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Portales is 18th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	12,723	16th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.1	39th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,738.6	5th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	8.2%	15th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	25th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.2%	33rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.2%	27th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.0%	14th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	74.7%	21st	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.5%	7th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	29th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	13th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.8%	18th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	25th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	14th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.2%	36th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.7%	19th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	4,968	18th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.7%	7th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	4,169	19th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	50.5%	44th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,900	34th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	18th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$15,678	38th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$30,262	37th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	31.0%	5th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Portales	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,004	23rd	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$161,633	19th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,175	22nd	$12,429	$12,990