| ECONOMY | Portales | Cabool | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 3.90% | 7.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.63% | 4.73% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.84% | 41.86% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.62% | 7.23% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.90% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $16,558 | $16,560 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $31,509 | $26,311 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 25.33% | 27.52% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 17.17% | 20.24% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.27% | 15.20% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.48% | 16.06% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.89% | 11.67% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 5.77% | 3.96% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.21% | 2.36% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.41% | 2.14% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.41% | 0.64% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.04% | 0.11% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 6.37% | 7.71% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 26.77% | 16.81% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.61% | 16.94% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.96% | 21.74% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 3.46% | 2.65% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.16% | 7.46% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 13.70% | 26.68% | 14.05% |
