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People QuickFacts | Portales | New Mexico
Population, 2011 estimate | 12,641 | 2,078,674
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 12,280 | 2,059,180
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 2.9% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 12,280 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.2% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.6% | 25.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.2% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.2% | 50.6%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 74.7% | 68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.5% | 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 9.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.8% | 3.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 43.0% | 46.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 50.9% | 40.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 72.1% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 28.9% | 36.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.2% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 689 | 176,805
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 12.1 | 21.8
Housing units, 2010 | 4,968 | 901,388
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 50.5% | 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.7% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $95,900 | $161,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 4,169 | 762,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.73 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $15,678 | $23,537
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $30,262 | $44,631
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.0% | 19.0%
Business QuickFacts | Portales | New Mexico
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,004 | 157,231
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 41.9% | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 18,304 | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 161,633 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,175 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 3,734,300
Geography QuickFacts | Portales | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 7.06 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,738.6 | 17
FIPS Code | 59260 | 35
Counties | Roosevelt County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts