Carlsbad, New Mexico Demographics

Carlsbad is 8th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Size in square miles

Carlsbad is 10th in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Carlsbad is 11th in New Mexico out of 36 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Carlsbad is 11th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Carlsbad is 11th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Households

Carlsbad is 11th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Housing units

Carlsbad is 12th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Carlsbad is 12th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Carlsbad is 13th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Carlsbad is 14th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	26,697	10th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	28.9	8th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	903.3	26th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	25th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	24th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.6%	16th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.2%	22nd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.9%	25th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	77.4%	15th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	12th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	34th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	16th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.1%	30th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	26th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.1%	12th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.9%	24th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.0%	37th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	11,243	11th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.9%	25th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	9,909	11th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	19th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,700	36th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	29th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$24,177	14th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$44,985	20th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.6%	36th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carlsbad	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,777	13th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$361,389	11th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,057	20th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$51,310	11th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732