What is the population of Las Cruces 2022?

105,292
10 Largest Cities in New Mexico

Rank	Name	2022 Pop.
1	Albuquerque	563,165
2	Las Cruces	105,292
3	Rio Rancho	102,766
4	Santa Fe	86,099

Is Las Cruces a good place to live?

One of the best cities to live in is Las Cruces, New Mexico. In fact, TopRetirements.com ranked Las Cruces, NM in 15th place out of the 100 most popular cities for retirement.

Is Las Cruces NM a rural area?

Population in 2019: 103,432 (98% urban, 2% rural).

What percentage of Las Cruces NM is Hispanic?

60.5%
Race and Ethnicity 60.5% of the people in Las Cruces, NM are hispanic (61.8k people).

Is Las Cruces safer than El Paso?

LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces ranks 32nd on the 2017 list of safest cities in America by the personal finance website WalletHub.com. El Paso came in at 38 and Albuquerque ranked 112.

What are the safest neighborhoods in Las Cruces NM?

Safest Las Cruces neighborhoods

• Las Alturas.
• University Park / New Mexico State University.
• Fairacres.
• Picacho Hills.
• Moongate Rd / Arroyo Rd.
• Hacienda Acres / Homestead Acres.
• High Range.
• Sonoma Ranch East / The Pueblos at Alameda Ranch.

Is Las Cruces running out of water?

You probably know our region has been in a drought for at least the past 15 years. You know water levels behind Elephant Butte Dam are very low, which limits the water flowing down the Rio Grande and available for irrigation of farm fields. But, Las Cruces Utilities does not pull the city’s water from the Rio Grande.

What percentage of Las Cruces is Hispanic?

What is the poverty rate in Las Cruces New Mexico?

The poverty rate in Las Cruces is 24.4%. Las Cruces is in Doña Ana County.

Is Las Cruces diverse?

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Las Cruces, NM are White (Hispanic) (53.3%), White (Non-Hispanic) (32.5%), Other (Hispanic) (5.15%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (2.52%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.75%). 0% of the households in Las Cruces, NM speak a non-English language at home as their primary language.

Is Las Cruces cheaper than El Paso?

Las Cruces is 4.2% more expensive than El Paso. Las Cruces housing costs are 31.5% more expensive than El Paso housing costs.

Does Las Cruces have high crime?

Las Cruces has a higher overall crime rate than the vast majority of U.S. cities. For comparison, the national total crime rate is 2,489 incidents for every 100,000 people. Las Cruces’s overall crime rate is 3% higher than the overall crime rate in New Mexico.

What Year Will New Mexico run out of water?

“It could be 100 years, or 80 years, or 60 years — we’ve got a limited amount of water,” says Dave DuBois, New Mexico’s state climatologist. “We’ve got these long horizons, but that doesn’t mean we need to blow through that and then figure out what to do.”