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Las Cruces, NM Metro Area


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2024 population: 229,366   ( 9,800 from 2020)
Land area: 3808.2 square miles
Population density: 60.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:60,284 26.28% 1.7%
Black:4,4621.95% 18.4%
Indian:1,7940.78% 3.8%
Asian:3,1591.38% 16.1%
2+ races:2,5051.09% 10.1%
Hispanic:157,16268.52% 6.4%
Total non-White:169,08273.72% 6.8%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:10,614 12.1
Deaths:9,30110.6
Net Migration: 4,3835.0
Net Immigration: 4,0144.6
Change in White population:-1,017 -0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:10,817 4.9



Historical Presidential Election Results for Las Cruces, NM Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +4,792 R +6,812 R + 8.8%
D -2,020
2024 vs. 2016 R +12,220 R +4,230 R + 9.9%
D +7,990
2020 vs. 2016 R +7,428 D +2,582 R + 1.1%
D +10,010
2024 vs. 2012 R +10,272 R +1,474 R + 5.2%
D +8,798
2016 vs. 2008 R -2,694 D +359 D + 2.0%
D -2,335
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 49% Kamala Harris (D) 45,937 53.8% Donald Trump (R) 37,594 44.0% 1,876 [+] 2.2% 85,407 -6 0.05%
2020 50% Joe Biden (D) 47,957 58.0% Donald Trump* (R) 32,802 39.7% 1,882 [+] 2.3% 82,641 -7 0.05%
2016 44% Hillary Clinton (D) 37,947 53.7% Donald Trump (R) 25,374 35.9% 7,327 [+] 10.4% 70,648 -10 0.05%
2012 43% Barack Obama* (D) 37,139 55.9% Mitt Romney (R) 27,322 41.1% 1,962 [+] 3.0% 66,423 -6 0.05%
2008 47% Barack Obama (D) 40,282 58.1% John McCain (R) 28,068 40.5% 930 [+] 1.3% 69,280 -5 0.05%
2004 46% John Kerry (D) 31,762 51.3% George W. Bush* (R) 29,548 47.7% 650 [+] 1.0% 61,960 -3 0.05%
2000 38% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 23,912 51.3% George W. Bush (R) 21,263 45.6% 1,478 [+] 3.2% 46,653 -2 0.04%
1996 39% Bill Clinton* (D) 22,766 52.3% Robert Dole (R) 17,541 40.3% 3,257 [+] 7.5% 43,564 0 0.05%
1992 44% Bill Clinton (D) 19,894 45.0% George Bush* (R) 16,308 36.9% 8,015 [+] 18.1% 44,217 -1 0.04%
1988 47% George Bush (R) 21,582 51.7% Michael Dukakis (D) 19,608 47.0% 557 [+] 1.3% 41,747 -2 0.05%
1984 47% Ronald Reagan* (R) 22,153 60.9% Walter Mondale (D) 13,878 38.1% 362 1.0% 36,393 2 0.04%
1980 44% Ronald Reagan (R) 15,539 53.9% Jimmy Carter* (D) 10,839 37.6% 2,442 [+] 8.5% 28,820 3 0.03%
1976 50% Gerald Ford* (R) 13,888 52.9% Jimmy Carter (D) 12,036 45.8% 337 [+] 1.3% 26,261 5 0.03%
1972 53% Richard Nixon* (R) 14,562 59.8% George McGovern (D) 9,416 38.6% 388 [+] 1.6% 24,366 -1 0.03%
1968 56% Richard Nixon (R) 10,824 54.1% Hubert Humphrey (D) 7,658 38.3% 1,508 [+] 7.5% 19,990 11 0.03%
1964 54% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 10,748 59.4% Barry Goldwater (R) 7,280 40.3% 57 0.3% 18,085 2 0.03%
1960 54% John Kennedy (D) 8,905 53.1% Richard Nixon (R) 7,789 46.5% 61 0.4% 16,755 -3 0.02%
1956 43% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 7,025 58.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 4,918 41.0% 48 0.4% 11,991 1 0.02%
1952 45% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 5,902 56.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 4,556 43.5% 20 0.2% 10,478 1 0.02%
1948 43% Harry Truman* (D) 5,116 59.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 3,440 40.0% 37 [+] 0.4% 8,593 -5 0.02%
1944 41% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 4,172 56.9% Thomas Dewey (R) 3,149 43.0% 6 0.1% 7,327 -3 0.02%
1940 56% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 5,208 58.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 3,720 41.6% 8 0.1% 8,936 -3 0.02%
1936 55% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 5,544 68.4% Alf Landon (R) 2,494 30.8% 64 [+] 0.8% 8,102 -6 0.02%
1932 54% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 5,133 67.6% Herbert Hoover* (R) 2,354 31.0% 108 [+] 1.4% 7,595 -9 0.02%
1928 42% Herbert Hoover (R) 3,141 59.1% Al Smith (D) 2,169 40.8% 8 [+] 0.2% 5,318 1 0.01%
1924 46% Calvin Coolidge (R) 2,823 58.6% John Davis (D) 1,775 36.8% 221 [+] 4.6% 4,819 5 0.02%
1920 48% Warren Harding (R) 2,627 66.3% James Cox (D) 1,318 33.2% 19 [+] 0.5% 3,964 6 0.01%
1916 34% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 1,606 59.3% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 1,079 39.9% 22 [+] 0.8% 2,707 13 0.01%
1912 29% William Taft* (R) 912 44.2% Woodrow Wilson (D) 895 43.4% 257 [+] 12.5% 2,064 21 0.01%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote