Las Cruces New Mexico Location
Las Cruces is strategically located at the intersection of Interstates 10 and 25. It is only 40 miles to the Mexican border crossing at Santa Teresa.

Geography & Climate (Las Cruces and Dona Ana County)
Area in square miles					Density per square mile of land area
	Total area	Water area	Land area	Elevation	Population	Housing units
Las Cruces	52.22	.13	52.09	3,909	1,425.7	608.2
Dona Ana	3,814.62	7.44	3,807.18		45.9	17.1

Las Cruces New Mexico Demographics
Population
	2001 Census Estimates	2000 Census	1990 Census	% change 1990-2000	1980 Census	1970 Census
Las Cruces	75,015	74,267	62,648	19.5	45,086	37,857
Dona Ana	178,664	174,682	135,510	29.0	96,340	69,773
By Age & Gender - 2000
	Male	Female	Median age	18 years & over	21 years & over	62 years & over
Las Cruces	36,036	38,231	31.2	55,618	50,378	9,721
Dona Ana	85,782	88,900	30.2	122,781	111,573	18,512
	Under 5	5 to 19	20 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 64	65 & over
Dona Ana - Total	13,569	45,742	63,173	27,409	6,277	13,347
Male	6,845	23,183	31,002	13,310	2,956	3,321
Female	6,724	22,559	32,171	14,099	3,321	10,026

Las Cruces New Mexico Housing
Census 2000	Total housing units	Occupied housing units	Owner- occupied housing units	Renter- occupied housing units	Vacant housing units	Homeowner vacancy rate (%)	Rental vacancy rate (%)
Las Cruces	31,682	29,184	16,960	12,224	2,498	2.3	9.3
Dona Ana	65,210	59,556	40,208	19,348	5,654	1.8	10.3

Las Cruces New Mexico Labor Force (Dona Ana )
	Civilian Labor Force	Total Employed	Total Unemployed	Unemployment Rate (%)
April - 2004	80,125	74,606	5,519	6.9
August - 2002	75,463	71,008	4,455	5.9
2001	71,301	66,516	4,785	6.7
2000	70,974	66,010	4,964	7.0
1999	68,575	63,112	5,463	8.0
1991	60,139	55,235	4,904	8.2
Source: New Mexico Department of Labor - (Most current employment and unemployment data available from Labor Market Review. Employment and Wages by Industry available from Covered Employment and Wages: http://www3.state.nm.us/dol/data.htm (at the bottom of the page).
Las Cruces New Mexico Employment and Wages by Industdy
1st Qtd. 2002		Number of units	Total employed	Average weekly wages ($)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting		188	5,376	$218
Mining		5	35	$327
Utilities		26	276	$870
Construction		503	3,412	$434
Manufacturing		124	3,102	$481
Wholesale trade		139	1,191	$483
Retail Trade		418	6,564	$360
Transporatation and warehousing		115	1,110	$444
Information		50	1,110	$542
Finance & insurance		183	1,415	$570
Real estate, rental & leasing		182	704	$354
Professional & technical services		288	2,613	$700
Management of companies & enterprises		7	52	$791
Administrative & waste services		152	2,754	$295
Educational services		26	246	$308
Health Care & social services		342	7,538	$551
Arts, entertainment & recreation		40	1,001	$293
Accomodations & food service		238	5,042	$185
Other services, except public admin.		337	1,199	$327
Non-classifiables		32	66	$187
Federal Government		64	3,565	$1,027
State Government		36	5,725	$587
Local Government		127	6,394	$523
Source: New Mexico Departmant of Labor -
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - www.census.gov

Las Cruces New Mexico Education
K-12 School District		Educational Attainment - Las Cruces
!Community K-12 School Distdict!				Number	Percent
District size in square miles	1,463	Population 25 years and older		43,950	100.0
Total student enrollment	22,414	Less than 9th grade		4,377	10.0
Student- teacher ratio	15.5	9th to 12th grade, no diploma		4,261	9.7
# Public schools	34	High school graduate (including equivalency)		9,766	22.2
# Non-Public schools	6	Some college, no degree		10,207	23.2
Source: NM Department of Education - www.sde.state.nm.us
Source: NM Commission on Higher Education - www.nmche.org
Post-Secondary Institutions within Dona Ana County

Las Cruces New Mexico Government
Form of Municipal Government:		Mayor-Council
Municipal Services:		water, sewer, solid waste, gas
Annual Operating Budget	Total Annual Revenues	Total GO Bonds Out
$218,815,236.00	$42,701,614.00	$36,496,119.00
# FT Police	# FT Firefighters	# Volunteer Firefighters	Fire Insurance Rating (ISO)
			4

Las Cruces New Mexico Taxes
Within City Limits		Outside City limits (Dona Ana )
Property tax mill rate residential	27.531	Property tax mill rate residential	32.59
Property tax mill rate nonresidential	32.593	Property tax mill rate nonresidential	32.59
Gross receipts tax rate	6.0	Gross receipts tax rate	6.0

Las Cruces New Mexico Transportation
		Miles
Closest commercial airport:	El Paso International	44
Airlines:
Closest private airport:	Las Cruces International
Rail Providers:
Parcel service carriers:
Travel Time to Work (Dona Ana )
Time	Number	Percent
Workers who did not work at home	64,402	100.0%
Less than 10 minutes	11,381	17.7%
10-14 minutes	11,877	18.4%
15-19 minutes	13,228	20.5%
20-24 minutes	8,533	13.2%
25-29 minutes	2,924	4.5%
30-34 minutes	7,371	11.4%
35-44 minutes	2,556	4.0%
45-59 minutes	3,431	5.3%
60-89 minutes	2,098	3.3%
90 or more minutes	1,003	1.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.3

Las Cruces New Mexico Economic Indicators (Dona Ana )
Year	Per Capita Personal Income ($)	Annual Average Wage/Salary per Job ($)	Number of Business Establishments	Gross Receipts from   Retail Trade ($)
2000	$17,090	$23,151	3,211	$1,054,578,000
1999	$16,602	$24,889	3,260	$1,000,986,000
1998	$16,376	$24,773	3,183	$954,463,000
1997	$15,454	$23,568	3,157	$885,620,000
1996	$15,036	$22,855	3,084	$856,830,000
1995	$14,875	$22,992	3,071	$766,181,000
1994	$14,035	$22,431	3,005	$725,392,000
1993	$13,934	$22,511	2,863	$701,629,000
1992	$13,772	$21,981	2,771	$624,921,000
1991	$13,116	$20,237	2,626	$603,361,000
1990	$12,660	$19,836	2,574	$557,163,000
2001	$17,984	$23,653	3,226	$1,075,438,000

Income in 1999 (Las Cruces )
Income	Number	Percent
Less than $10,000		%
$10,000 to $14,999		%
$15,000 to $24,999		%
$25,000 to $34,999		%
$35,000 to $49,999		%
$50,000 to $74,999		%
$75,000 to $99,999		%
$100,000 to $149,999		%
$150,000 to $199,999		%
$200,000 or more		%
Total Households		%

Income in 1999 (Dona Ana )
Income	Number	Percent

	Current number of business establishments in Las Cruces			!Community Local Business Establishments!

Las Cruces New Mexico Agriculture
Farms		Top 5 Commodities & Cash Receipts
Number of Farms	521	dairy products	$87,266,000.00
Land in Farms	581,436	vegetables	$36,934,000.00
Average Size of Farm	451	fruits, nuts, berries	$33,898,000.00
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$235,484,000.00	nursery crops	$26,976,000.00
		cotton, cottonseed	$16,047,000.00