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Portales, NM vs Canon City, CO

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- Canon City is 0% more densely populated than Portales.
- People are 28.0% more likely to be married in Canon City.
- The Median Age is 17.8 years older in Canon City.
 Portales, NMCanon City, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock17,157329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock44.938.4
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 Population - 201012,404  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock15,431285,036,114
 Population - 199010,690  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock7.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now7.5%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,378.793.4
 Land Area7.9  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Portales, NMCanon City, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.9%3.9%
 Age 18 to 209.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3412.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock8.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 547.3%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock8.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock12.7%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Portales, NMCanon City, COUnited States
 White45.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.1%12.2%
 Asian0.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.7%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock12.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Portales, NMCanon City, COUnited States
 Married Population39.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock49.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock49.6%50.2%
 Never Married42.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock15.5%10.8%
 Widowed6.9%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.152.60
 Households4,273  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,40180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children36.1%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock46.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,959  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock14.9%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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Reviews for Canon City    9 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

While most of the rest of the front range of Colorado has seen very large housing price increases over the last 4 years, the same cannot be said of Canon City. In  More

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I'm looking to relocate there and wondering how the schools are? I have two children, one in elementary and one in high school, so looking for decent schools for  More

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Over 14 years ago

Anyone with firsthand stories of canon city corruption go to facebook and do a search for CanonCityColoradoCorruption and tell your story. God save the good people of  More

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