Clovis, New Mexico demographics

Clovis, NM demographics: median age 31.9; 23.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Clovis city, New Mexico · Incorporated city · GEOID 3516420. The survey estimates a population of 37,942 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Clovis is 31.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 14,957 households (±470). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	31.9 ±0.5	39.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,942
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Under 18	10,109 ±595	26.6% ±1.6 pp	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	10,712 ±566	28.2% ±1.5 pp	22.5%	22.8%
35–64	12,233 ±635	32.2% ±1.7 pp	36.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,888 ±438	12.9% ±1.2 pp	19.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,942
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Male	18,974 ±254	50.0% ±0.7 pp	49.7%	49.5%
Female	18,968 ±252	50.0% ±0.7 pp	50.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,942
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
White alone	19,062 ±985	50.2% ±2.6 pp	47.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,497 ±387	6.6% ±1.0 pp	2.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	648 ±344 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	9.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	520 ±221	1.4% ±0.6 pp	1.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	68 ±60 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	8,096 ±1,182	21.3% ±3.1 pp	13.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	7,051 ±1,261	18.6% ±3.3 pp	25.8%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,942
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,404 ±441	51.1% ±1.2 pp	51.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18,538 ±438	48.9% ±1.2 pp	48.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 14,957
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Married-couple family	6,356 ±513	42.5% ±3.2 pp	40.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	676 ±232	4.5% ±1.5 pp	6.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,204 ±434	14.7% ±2.9 pp	13.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,874 ±425	32.6% ±2.7 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	847 ±225	5.7% ±1.5 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 14,957
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,019 ±466	33.6% ±2.9 pp	27.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	9,938 ±551	66.4% ±3.0 pp	72.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 14,957
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,874 ±425	32.6% ±2.7 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,595 ±528	30.7% ±3.4 pp	34.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,325 ±443	15.5% ±2.9 pp	13.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,343 ±304	9.0% ±2.0 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,219 ±349	8.2% ±2.3 pp	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	346 ±174 · low precision	2.3% ±1.2 pp · low precision	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	255 ±122	1.7% ±0.8 pp	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,942
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Native	34,068 ±672	89.8% ±1.8 pp	90.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	3,874 ±675	10.2% ±1.8 pp	9.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 34,968
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
English only	25,039 ±972	71.6% ±2.8 pp	68.7%	77.7%
Spanish	9,284 ±937	26.5% ±2.7 pp	24.5%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	77 ±101 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	22 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	97 ±98 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	107 ±110 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	137 ±112 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	147 ±113 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	19 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	39 ±44 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	4.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 23,615
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,295 ±729	18.2% ±3.1 pp	12.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	6,329 ±586	26.8% ±2.5 pp	25.7%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,295 ±584	22.4% ±2.5 pp	22.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,134 ±398	9.0% ±1.7 pp	9.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,172 ±459	13.4% ±1.9 pp	17.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,390 ±438	10.1% ±1.9 pp	13.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 37,168
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Same house	29,525 ±1,260	79.4% ±3.4 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,874 ±977	10.4% ±2.6 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	765 ±233	2.1% ±0.6 pp	2.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,143 ±631	5.8% ±1.7 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	861 ±438 · low precision	2.3% ±1.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.3% of Clovis residents (±2.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.6% in New Mexico and 8.4% nationally. 90.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Clovis	New Mexico	U.S.	Compared with New Mexico
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.3% ±2.1 pp	9.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.3% ±1.6 pp	86.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	13.2% ±1.7 pp	7.9%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

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