Las Vegas, NM

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3539940, place: Las Vegas city, New Mexico)

Total Population: 14,565
Male: 6,914 (47.47%)
Female: 7,651 (52.53%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 969 (6.65%)
5 to 9 years: 1,000 (6.87%)
10 to 14 years: 1,149 (7.89%)
15 to 19 years: 1,385 (9.51%)
20 to 24 years: 1,276 (8.76%)
25 to 34 years: 1,662 (11.41%)
35 to 44 years: 2,159 (14.82%)
45 to 54 years: 1,788 (12.28%)
55 to 59 years: 685 (4.7%)
60 to 64 years: 621 (4.26%)
65 to 74 years: 942 (6.47%)
75 to 84 years: 654 (4.49%)
85 years and over: 275 (1.89%)

Median age: 34 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 10,723 (73.62%)
21 years and over: 9,742 (66.89%)
62 years and over: 2,239 (15.37%)
65 years and over: 1,871 (12.85%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 10,723 (73.62%)
--Male: 4,965 (34.09%)
--Female: 5,758 (39.53%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,871 (12.85%)
--Male: 746 (5.12%)
--Female: 1,125 (7.72%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 13,844 (95.05%)
--White: 1,962 (13.47%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 12,080 (82.94%)
--Black or African American: 144 (0.99%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 285 (1.96%)
--Asian: 89 (0.61%)
----Asian Indian: 31 (0.21%)
----Chinese: 29 (0.2%)
----Filipino: 6 (0.04%)
----Japanese: 2 (0.01%)
----Korean: 10 (0.07%)
----Vietnamese: 2 (0.01%)
----Other Asian: 9 (0.06%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 14 (0.1%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 3 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 11 (0.08%)
--Some other race: 5,417 (37.19%)
Two or more Races: 721 (4.95%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 12,080 (82.94%)
--Mexican: 1,930 (13.25%)
--Puerto Rican: 28 (0.19%)
--Cuban: 4 (0.03%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 10,118 (69.47%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 2,485 (17.06%)
--White Alone: 1,962 (13.47%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 13,833 (94.97%)
--Householder: 5,588 (38.37%)
--Spouse: 2,009 (13.79%)
--Child: 4,430 (30.42%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 3,285 (22.55%)
--Other relatives: 956 (6.56%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 462 (3.17%)
--Nonrelatives: 850 (5.84%)
----Unmarried partner: 500 (3.43%)
Living in group quarters: 732 (5.03%)
--Institutionalized Population: 111 (0.76%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 621 (4.26%)
Total households: 5,588
Family households (families): 3,561 (63.73%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,842 (32.96%)
--Married-couple families: 2,009 (35.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 900 (16.11%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,182 (21.15%)
----With own children under 18 years: 711 (12.72%)
Nonfamily households: 2,027 (36.27%)
--Householder living alone: 1,697 (30.37%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 543 (9.72%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,118 (37.9%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,370 (24.52%)
Average household size: 2.48 people
Average family size: 3.08 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 6,366
Occupied housing units: 5,588 (87.78%)
Vacant housing units: 778 (12.22%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 35 (0.55%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 14.1%
Occupied housing units: 5,588 (87.78%)
Owner occupied housing units: 3,554 (55.83%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,034 (31.95%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.66 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.16 people

Return to Las Vegas,NM.