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Portales, New Mexico

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(Curry County)

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(Roosevelt County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Portales had a population of 11,131 people ^<1>. This represents 0.61% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 15th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	12,215	+9.74%	-0.84% since 2007
2007	12,318	+10.66%	+2.29% since 2006
2006	12,042	+8.18%	+1.02% since 2005
2005	11,921	+7.1%	+1.09% since 2004
2004	11,792	+5.94%	+0.65% since 2003
2003	11,716	+5.26%	+0.56% since 2002
2002	11,651	+4.67%	+2.3% since 2001
2001	11,389	+2.32%	+2.32% since 2000
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2000	11,131	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
12	Las Vegas	NW	144 mi [231.7 km]	13,818	5.13% decrease
13	Deming	SW	286 mi [460.3 km]	15,480	9.66% increase
14	Sunland Park	SW	248 mi [399.1 km]	14,453	8.6% increase
-15-	Portales			12,215	9.74% increase
16	Artesia	SW	110 mi [177 km]	10,994	2.82% increase
17	Silver City	W	299 mi [481.2 km]	10,329	2.05% decrease
18	Los Lunas	W	198 mi [318.7 km]	14,153	41.05% increase

Portales had 4,862 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Portales has an area ^<4> of 6.85 square miles [17.74 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Portales had a 2000 population density of 1,624 people per square mile [627 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Roosevelt County

The city of Portales is located in Roosevelt County.

The county had a population of 17,984 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 11,131 people, Portales contained 61.9% of the Roosevelt County total.

In addition, where the community of Portales has a population density of 1,624 people per square mile [627 people/km²], Roosevelt County averages 7.34 people per square mile [2.84 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Roosevelt County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Portales and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Portales. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	12,215	9.74% increase
10 mi [16 km]	1	12,215	9.74% increase
15 mi [24 km]	2	12,289	9.64% increase
20 mi [32 km]	4	44,766	1.73% increase
25 mi [40 km]	8	47,864	1.08% increase
30 mi [48 km]	9	47,922	1.09% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Portales.

A Census Quickfact is available for Roosevelt County (QF-35041).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Portales:

	State Code:	35 (New Mexico)
	County Code:	041 (Roosevelt County)
	Place Code:	59260 (Portales)

	State & County Code:	35041 (New Mexico/Roosevelt County)

	State & Place Code:	3559260 (New Mexico/Portales)

Portales is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Portales.

The Commemorative
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New Mexico ^<6>

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Portales and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Portales. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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