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Las Cruces, NM
116,998 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3539380 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Las Cruces ranked #123 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Las Cruces and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Waco TX, Tuscaloosa AL, Pueblo CO, Tyler TX, Athens GA, Provo UT, Chico CA, Beaumont TX, Abilene TX, McAllen TX, Columbia MO, Savannah GA, North Charleston SC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #123 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #75 | #64 | #54 | #175 | #36 | #32 | #75 | #146 | #127 | #167 | #101 | #124 | #159 | #188 | #171 | #165 | #101 | #127 | #123 | #123 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 85,154 | 87,900 | 90,468 | 92,537 | 95,323 | 98,284 | 100,212 | 101,045 | 101,238 | 101,192 | 101,113 | 101,313 | 101,963 | 102,812 | 103,432 | 111,721 | 112,797 | 113,921 | 115,489 | 116,998 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #55 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +1.1 | — | +0.4 | -0.2 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #63 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data | 22.5 | 20.9 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.3 | — | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #114 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 24.0% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 22.2% | 20.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 21.1% | 22.6% | 21.7% | 23.3% | 24.5% | 24.8% | 21.0% | — | 22.4% | 21.1% | 21.1% | 22.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #245 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 5.9 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 12.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #265 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72.9 | 90.9 | 123.5 | — | 173.8 | 165.4 | 212.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 41,278 | 41,682 | 42,689 | 42,937 | 43,391 | 43,653 | 44,641 | 43,748 | 45,181 | 45,217 | 46,039 | 51,086 | 51,275 | 48,123 | 47,997 | 45,922 | 46,832 | 49,420 | 51,784 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #228 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.9 | -0.5 | +7.8 | -10.4 | +3.3 | +1.2 | -3.1 | -1.4 | +0.8 | +2.5 | +0.4 | +7.7 | -0.2 | -6.8 | -0.3 | -2.7 | -0.0 | +0.4 | -0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42,641 | 40,604 | 44,888 | 45,498 | 42,441 | 43,938 | 42,462 | 45,826 | 47,109 | — | 48,537 | 51,849 | 54,287 | 56,643 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #160 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 15.6% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 7.7% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 6.0% | 8.1% | — | 7.4% | 6.8% | 5.8% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #9 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 38% | 25% | 25% | 18% | 24% | 58% | 30% | 41% | 37% | 43% | 33% | 42% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 51% | 42% | 40% | 48% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #140 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $2,174 | $2,537 | $2,777 | $3,349 | $3,222 | $2,826 | $2,124 | $2,065 | $2,039 | $1,836 | $1,627 | $2,285 | $2,540 | $2,595 | $3,075 | $3,080 | $2,902 | $2,568 | $2,592 | $2,408 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Las Cruces. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.