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Tucumcari, New Mexico

Community Profile

Tucumcari New Mexico Community Profile

County: Quay

Contact:
Greater Tucumcari Economic Development. Corp.
PO Box 1392/512 S. 8th Street
Tucumcari New Mexico 88401
Phone: (505) 461-2143
Fax: (505) 461-4982

Statistical Details this report shows the following details:
Location Geography and Climate Demographics Housing Labor Education Government	Taxes Community Services Utilities Transportation Economic Indicators Agriculture
Land Buildings

Location

Distances to Major Cities
Amarillo	114
Tucumcari is located on Interstate 40 45 miles west of the Texas state line and 173 miles east of Albuqueruqe.

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Geography & Climate (Tucumcari and Quay County)
Area in square miles					Density per square mile of land area
	Total area	Water area	Land area	Elevation	Population	Housing units
Tucumcari	7.56	.01	7.54	4,086	793.8	406.2
Quay	2,881.8	6.87	2,874.93		3.5	2
Source: NMSU Climate Center - www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmnm.html

Demographics
Population
	2001 Census Estimates	2000 Census	1990 Census	% change 1990-2000	1980 Census	1970 Census
Tucumcari	5,711	5,989	6,872	-12.3	6,765	7,189
Quay	9,811	10,155	10,823	-6.0	10,577	10,903

By Age & Gender - 2000
	Male	Female	Median age	18 years & over	21 years & over	62 years & over
Tucumcari	2,852	3,137	39.4	4,432	4,215	1,046
Quay	4,920	5,235	41.5	7,614	7,291	1,928

	Under 5	5 to 19	20 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 64	65 & over
Quay - Total	558	2,217	2,808	2,081	563	1,928
Male	282	1,127	1,349	1,033	275	854
Female	276	1,090	1,459	1,048	288	1,074
US Census Bureau, Census 2000 for New Mexico: www.census.gov/census2000/states/nm.html US Census Bureau Population Estimates: http://eire.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

Housing
Census 2000	Total housing units	Occupied housing units	Owner- occupied housing units	Renter- occupied housing units	Vacant housing units	Homeowner vacancy rate (%)	Rental vacancy rate (%)
Tucumcari	3,065	2,489	1,592	897	576	3.7	22.5
Quay	5,664	4,201	2,968	1,233	1,463	4.4	18.9

Source: US Census Bureau, Census 2000 for New Mexico: www.census.gov/census2000/states/nm.html

Labor Force (Quay)
	Civilian Labor Force	Total Employed	Total Unemployed	Unemployment Rate (%)

April - 2004	4,164	3,963	201	4.8
August - 2002	4,173	3,982	191	4.6
2001	4,207	4,020	187	4.4
2000	4,499	4,311	188	4.2
1999	4,444	4,274	170	3.8
1991	4,924	4,601	323	6.6
Source: New Mexico Department of Labor - www3.state.nm.us/dol/ (Most current employment and unemployment data available from Labor Market Review. Employment and Wages by Industry available from Covered Employment and Wages: http://www3.state.nm.us/dol/data.htm (at the bottom of the page).

Employment and Wages by Industdy
1st Qtd. 2002		Number of units	Total employed	Average weekly wages ($)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting		9	48	$297
Mining		0	0	$0
Utilities		6	23	$842
Construction		31	140	$460
Manufacturing		6	36	$390
Wholesale trade		4	5	$520
Retail Trade		54	501	$319
Transporatation and warehousing		13	138	$518
Information		6	27	$616
Finance & insurance		15	100	$480
Real estate, rental & leasing		11	26	$282
Professional & technical services		12	38	$271
Management of companies & enterprises		0	0	0
Administrative & waste services		4	5	$501
Educational services		0	0	$0
Health Care & social services		29	292	$470
Arts, entertainment & recreation		0	0	0
Accomodations & food service		44	483	$182
Other services, except public admin.		24	93	$298
Non-classifiables		0	0	$0
Federal Government		13	68	$710
State Government		18	271	$579
Local Government		48	595	$347

Source: New Mexico Departmant of Labor - www3.state.nm.us/dol/
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - www.census.gov

Education
K-12 School District		Educational Attainment - Tucumcari
Community K-12 School Distdict			Number	Percent
District size in square miles	996	Population 25 years and older	4,035	100.0
Total student enrollment	1,244	Less than 9th grade	321	8.0
Student- teacher ratio	13.3	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	914	22.7
# Public schools	5	High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,465	36.3
# Non-Public schools	none	Some college, no degree	675	16.7
Source: NM Department of Education - www.sde.state.nm.us
Source: NM Commission on Higher Education - www.nmche.org
Source: US Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3 Data: www.census.gov

Post-Secondary Institutions within Quay County
Mesa Technical College		www.mesatc.cc.nm.us/

Source: NM Commission on Higher Education - www.nmche.org

Government
Form of Municipal Government:		Commission-Manager
Municipal Services:		water, sewer, solid waste
Annual Operating Budget	Total Annual Revenues	Total GO Bonds Out
$9,441,095.00	$3,679,391.00	$1,461,127.00
# FT Police	# FT Firefighters	# Volunteer Firefighters	Fire Insurance Rating (ISO)
19	1	17	5
Sources: this information provided by the New Mexico Municipal League, 2001 Directory of New Mexico Municipal Officials, and by the community.

Taxes
Within City Limits		Outside City limits (Quay)
Property tax mill rate residential	32.77	Property tax mill rate residential	0.00
Property tax mill rate nonresidential	32.77	Property tax mill rate nonresidential	0.00
Gross receipts tax rate	0.07	Gross receipts tax rate	6.0
Source: New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division. Financial & Property Tax Data by County and Municipality: www.nmlocalgov.net

Community Services
Medical

Hospitals	Miles	# Beds
Trigg Memorial Hospital		37
Regional Medical Centers
Plains Regional Medical Center	85	106
Number of nonfederal doctors	7
Number of dentists	3
Places of Worship
Protestant	13
Catholic	1
Jewish
Other
Newspapers

Quay County Sun	http://www.clovis-news-nm.com/
Sources: this information provided by the community

Utilities

Electric Utilities
Xcel Energy
http://www.xcelenergy.com
1.877.354.6395

Water Utilities
City of Tucumcari
www.cityoftucumcari.com
505.461.3451


Water Source: wells
treatment method: Community Water treatment method
Water Cost:

Natural Gas Utilities
PNM Gas Service
www.pnm.com
505.950.1997

Telephone Company
Qwest
www.qwest.com
1.800.244.1111

Digital Service: yes

Sewer/Wastewater Utilities
City of Tucumcari
www.cityoftucumcari.com
505.461.3451
Sewer Cost: $4.643 base, plus $2.531 per thousand gallons

Source: this information provided by the community.

Transportation
		Miles
Closest commercial airport:	Amarillo International Airport	110
Airlines:	American Eagle
	Continental
	Southwest
Closest private airport:	Tucumcari Municipal
Rail Providers:	Southern Pacific
Parcel service carriers:	UPS, Federal Express, Gold Star Freight, Airborne
Sources: New Mexico State Highway & thansportation Department: www.nmshtd.state.nm.us , Parcel service carriers and airport managers provided by community.
Travel Time to Work (Quay)
Time	Number	Percent
Workers who did not work at home	3,782	100.0%
Less than 10 minutes	1,815	48.0%
10-14 minutes	825	21.8%
15-19 minutes	386	10.2%
20-24 minutes	181	4.8%
25-29 minutes	54	1.4%
30-34 minutes	243	6.4%
35-44 minutes	47	1.2%
45-59 minutes	90	2.4%
60-89 minutes	54	1.4%
90 or more minutes	87	2.3%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	15.1
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov Links: Additonal information can be found in the transportation Section of the Factbook - www.edd.state.nm.us/FACTBOOK/thansport.htm

Economic Indicators (Quay)
Year	Per Capita Personal Income ($)	Annual Average Wage/Salary per Job ($)	Number of Business Establishments	Gross Receipts from Retail Trade ($)

2000	$17,953	$18,700	289	$68,857,000
1999	$17,174	$20,007	297	$64,132,000
1998	$16,650	$18,706	295	$66,195,000
1997	$16,586	$19,417	314	$66,236,000
1996	$15,202	$17,048	303	$68,407,000
1995	$14,872	$16,929	297	$66,410,000
1994	$14,706	$17,782	305	$68,220,000
1993	$15,213	$19,508	327	$65,336,000
1992	$14,994	$19,617	298	$58,936,000
1991	$14,482	$18,805	280	$57,131,000
1990	$13,355	$18,161	275	$57,588,000
2001	$18,049	$19,786	273	$69,596,000

Income in 1999 (Tucumcari )
Income	Number	Percent

Less than $10,000		%
$10,000 to $14,999		%
$15,000 to $24,999		%
$25,000 to $34,999		%
$35,000 to $49,999		%
$50,000 to $74,999		%
$75,000 to $99,999		%
$100,000 to $149,999		%
$150,000 to $199,999		%
$200,000 or more		%
Total Households		%

Income in 1999 (Quay)
Income	Number	Percent

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Table DP-3 - www.census.gov US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis:www.bea.doc.gov New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department: www.state.nm.us/tax Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of New Mexico: www.unm.edu/~bber/ Economic Census for Country - www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html
	Current number of business establishments in Tucumcari			Community Local Business Establishments

Agriculture
Farms		Top 5 Commodities & Cash Receipts
Number of Farms	383	cattle & calves	$26,676,000.00
Land in Farms	1,855,726	hay, silage, etc.	$4,656,000.00
Average Size of Farm	3,183	wheat	$4,514,000.00
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$40,630,000.00	grain sorghum	$1,998,000.00

		cotton, cottonseed	$1,362,000.00
Sources: New Mexico Department of Agriculture: nmdaweb.nmsu.edu United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service: www.nass.usda.gov/census/

Land (Quay County)

Size	City	Name	Contact

Buildings (Quay County)

Size	City	Name	Contact

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