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People QuickFacts |
Carlsbad |
New Mexico |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
25,303 | 1,874,614 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
-1.3% | 3.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
25,625 | 1,819,046 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
1.2% | 20.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.3% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
27.1% | 28.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
17.1% | 11.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.8% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
77.4% | 66.8% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.2% | 1.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.3% | 9.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
15.8% | 17.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.5% | 3.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
36.7% | 42.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
57.0% | 54.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.0% | 8.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
27.1% | 36.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
77.4% | 78.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.5% | 23.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.4 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
11,421 | 780,579 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
71.5% | 70.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$61,500 | $108,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
9,957 | 677,971 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.51 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$30,658 | $34,133 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,496 | $17,261 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
16.5% | 18.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Carlsbad |
New Mexico |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
53,904 | 7,397,572 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
250,828 | 14,984,454 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$9,466 | $8,697 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
34,319 | 2,146,558 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
1,678 | 131,685 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.1% | 28.5% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
32.1% | 29.4% |
