Colleges in Portales New Mexico

County: Roosevelt

Elevation: 4009 feet

Land Area: 6.85 square miles

Population Density: 1783 people per square mile

Population change since 2000: 9.70%

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (56.6%), Hispanic (38.1%), Other race (23.4%), Two or more races (3.4%), Black (2.3%), American Indian (1.9%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries (City): United States (8.9%), Irish (8.8%), German (7.8%), English (5.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Italian (1.5%)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lubbock, TX (94.1 miles , pop. 199,564)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (196.9 miles , pop. 448,607)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (389.8 miles , pop. 1,188,580)

Nearest cities: Floyd, NM (3.4 miles) , Cannon AFB, NM (3.9 miles ), Dora, NM (4.2 miles) , Clovis, NM (4.2 miles ), Texico, NM (4.7 miles ), Farwell, TX (4.7 miles ), Melrose, NM (4.9 miles ), Elida, NM (4.9 miles) .

Airports and Heliports located in Portales: Portales Municipal Airport (Runways: 2, Itinerant Ops: 6,500, Local Ops: 10,500, Military Ops: 3,000)

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