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Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM

Unified School District

2024 Population

1,576

2024 Median Age

35.3

2024 Median Property Value

$187,500

Grades Served

PK–12

Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade

About

Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM is a unified school district in New Mexico, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Its boundaries cover 2,323 square miles of land.

In 2024, the 1,576 people living within its boundaries had a median age of 35.3 and a median household income of $N/A, against $80,734 for the nation. The median property value was $187,500, and 15.5% of residents lived below the poverty line.

The figures describe everyone who lives in the district, not only its students: they are the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, tabulated for school district boundaries.

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Population & Diversity

In 2024, there were 1.13 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (630 people) in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 557 White (Non-Hispanic) and 246 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM

Other (Hispanic)
630 ± 295
White (Non-Hispanic)
557 ± 142
Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
246 ± 170

63.6%

Hispanic Population

1k people

In 2024, there were 1.13 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (630 people) in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 557 White (Non-Hispanic) and 246 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

63.6% of the people in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM are hispanic (1k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM as a share of the total population.

Economy

Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM has 738 employed residents. They are counted where they live, by the job they hold, wherever they work.

Employment

Occupations

738

2024 Value

± 310

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM, are Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (193 people), Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (129 people), and Management Occupations (128 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM was $187,500 in 2024, which is 0.564 times smaller than the national average of $332,700.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

15.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM (242 out of 1.56k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, NM is Hispanic, followed by White and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.