Alamogordo, NM

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3501780, place: Alamogordo city, New Mexico)

Total Population: 35,582
Male: 17,571 (49.38%)
Female: 18,011 (50.62%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,706 (7.6%)
5 to 9 years: 2,777 (7.8%)
10 to 14 years: 2,988 (8.4%)
15 to 19 years: 2,633 (7.4%)
20 to 24 years: 2,352 (6.61%)
25 to 34 years: 5,041 (14.17%)
35 to 44 years: 5,517 (15.51%)
45 to 54 years: 4,102 (11.53%)
55 to 59 years: 1,518 (4.27%)
60 to 64 years: 1,444 (4.06%)
65 to 74 years: 2,619 (7.36%)
75 to 84 years: 1,464 (4.11%)
85 years and over: 421 (1.18%)

Median age: 33.5 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 25,386 (71.35%)
21 years and over: 24,044 (67.57%)
62 years and over: 5,365 (15.08%)
65 years and over: 4,504 (12.66%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 25,386 (71.35%)
--Male: 12,305 (34.58%)
--Female: 13,081 (36.76%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,504 (12.66%)
--Male: 1,963 (5.52%)
--Female: 2,541 (7.14%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 34,070 (95.75%)
--White: 20,570 (57.81%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 11,383 (31.99%)
--Black or African American: 1,985 (5.58%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 374 (1.05%)
--Asian: 545 (1.53%)
----Asian Indian: 36 (0.1%)
----Chinese: 53 (0.15%)
----Filipino: 207 (0.58%)
----Japanese: 74 (0.21%)
----Korean: 81 (0.23%)
----Vietnamese: 16 (0.04%)
----Other Asian: 78 (0.22%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 59 (0.17%)
----Native Hawaiian: 20 (0.06%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 23 (0.06%)
----Samoan: 9 (0.03%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 7 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 4,295 (12.07%)
Two or more Races: 1,512 (4.25%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 11,383 (31.99%)
--Mexican: 7,908 (22.22%)
--Puerto Rican: 261 (0.73%)
--Cuban: 25 (0.07%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 3,189 (8.96%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 24,199 (68.01%)
--White Alone: 20,570 (57.81%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 35,156 (98.8%)
--Householder: 13,704 (38.51%)
--Spouse: 7,618 (21.41%)
--Child: 11,102 (31.2%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 9,256 (26.01%)
--Other relatives: 1,454 (4.09%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 731 (2.05%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,278 (3.59%)
----Unmarried partner: 548 (1.54%)
Living in group quarters: 426 (1.2%)
--Institutionalized Population: 364 (1.02%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 62 (0.17%)
Total households: 13,704
Family households (families): 9,728 (70.99%)
----With own children under 18 years: 4,971 (36.27%)
--Married-couple families: 7,618 (55.59%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,526 (25.73%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,610 (11.75%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,117 (8.15%)
Nonfamily households: 3,976 (29.01%)
--Householder living alone: 3,457 (25.23%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,200 (8.76%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 5,373 (39.21%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 3,160 (23.06%)
Average household size: 2.57 people
Average family size: 3.07 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 15,920
Occupied housing units: 13,704 (86.08%)
Vacant housing units: 2,216 (13.92%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 178 (1.12%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 18%
Occupied housing units: 13,704 (86.08%)
Owner occupied housing units: 8,313 (52.22%)
Renter occupied housing units: 5,391 (33.86%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.61 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.49 people

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