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88240 Social
Zip Code: 88240
State: New Mexico
City Name: Hobbs
County: Lea
State Zip Codes: New Mexico Zip Codes
State Geography: New Mexico Geography


88240 Overview 88240 Demographic 88240 Economic 88240 Housing 88240 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 9,430 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 492 5.2
Kindergarten 404 4.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 4,742 50.3
High school (grades 9-12) 2,112 22.4
College or graduate school 1,680 17.8
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 18,612 100.0
Less than 9th grade 2,695 14.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,567 19.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 5,104 27.4
Some college, no degree 3,860 20.7
Associate degree 1,135 6.1
Bachelor's degree 1,411 7.6
Graduate or professional degree 840 4.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.4 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.1 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 23,444 100.0
Never married 5,150 22.0
Now married, except separated 13,825 59.0
Separated 634 2.7
Widowed 1,708 7.3
  Female 1,372 5.9
Divorced 2,127 9.1
  Female 1,075 4.6
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 603 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 384 63.7
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 21,944 100.0
Civilian veterans 2,551 11.6
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 8,467 100.0
With a disability 726 8.6
     
Population 21 to 64 years 15,554 100.0
With a disability 3,882 25.0
  Percent employed 45.8 (X)
No disability 11,672 75.0
  Percent employed 67.5 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 3,668 100.0
With a disability 1,736 47.3
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 28,903 100.0
Same house in 1995 14,876 51.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 13,508 46.7
  Same county 8,844 30.6
  Different county 4,664 16.1
    Same state 1,794 6.2
    Different state 2,870 9.9
Elsewhere in 1995 519 1.8
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 31,315 100.0
Native 28,005 89.4
  Born in United States 27,801 88.8
    State of residence 12,911 41.2
    Different state 14,890 47.5
  Born outside United States 204 0.7
Foreign born 3,310 10.6
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 940 3.0
  Naturalized citizen 1,168 3.7
  Not a citizen 2,142 6.8
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 3,310 100.0
Europe 90 2.7
Asia 5 0.2
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 3,184 96.2
Northern America 31 0.9
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 28,903 100.0
English only 19,276 66.7
Language other than English 9,627 33.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 3,193 11.0
Spanish 9,502 32.9
    Speak English less than "very well" 3,159 10.9
Other Indo-European languages 112 0.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 34 0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 31,315 100.0
Total ancestries reported 26,465 84.5
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 75 0.2
Danish 82 0.3
Dutch 509 1.6
English 1,696 5.4
French (except Basque)1 449 1.4
French Canadian1 21 0.1
German 2,278 7.3
Greek 44 0.1
Hungarian 20 0.1
Irish1 2,158 6.9
Italian 395 1.3
Lithuanian 5 0.0
Norwegian 194 0.6
Polish 122 0.4
Portuguese 16 0.1
Russian 16 0.1
Scotch-Irish 427 1.4
Scottish 301 1.0
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 103 0.3
Swedish 231 0.7
Swiss 46 0.1
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 2,024 6.5
Welsh 38 0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 98 0.3
Other ancestries 15,117 48.3


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