Artesia, New Mexico Demographics

Artesia is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Income per capita

Artesia is 14th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in People per household

Artesia is 16th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Artesia is 17th in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Artesia is 17th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Artesia is 18th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Female residents

Artesia is 18th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Artesia is 19th in New Mexico out of 36 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Artesia is 19th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	11,365	17th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.9	31st	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,139.6	19th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	8.1%	17th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.7%	16th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.2%	27th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.3%	35th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.1%	33rd	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	74.5%	22nd	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	22nd	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	28th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	35th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	26th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	51.8%	22nd	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.2%	18th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	51.3%	18th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.5%	25th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	4,724	21st	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	28th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	3,916	21st	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	22nd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,000	29th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.8	14th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$29,821	7th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$43,926	21st	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.6%	33rd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Artesia	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	894	26th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$126,147	24th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,803	26th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$24,798	19th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732