Profile for Portales, New Mexico, NM

Portales is near the Texas border.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 37. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 3.3 per 1,000 people.

Nearby parks & recreation: Oasis State Park

Portales attractions: Dalley Windmill Collection

Historic sites and museums: Roosevelt County Museum, Miles Mineral Museum, Natural History Museum

Colleges and universities: Eastern New Mexico University

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Listed places near Portales

Cemeteries (2)

Colleges (1)

Hotels (1)

Libraries (1)

Museums (3)

Parks (1)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Portales demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Roosevelt County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 88130 ZIP code.

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• Portales city government
• Roosevelt County government
• Portales Chamber of Commerce

9% of Portales residents report German ancestry, and 10% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Portales ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Portales
• Cemeteries in Roosevelt County
• Libraries in or near Portales

Post a query on a message board:

• Roosevelt County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - NM data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

• Portales museums
• Portales historic sites
• Portales area parks

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• Cemeteries in Roosevelt County
• Cemetery record compendium
• New Mexico cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Portales
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• Communities in Roosevelt County

• Portales business guide
• Portales Chamber of Commerce
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses
• Corporate records search

• Courts in New Mexico
• Local ordinances in New Mexico (Partial selection)

• Crime in Roosevelt County
• Arrests in Roosevelt County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in New Mexico
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Portales was $12,935, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Roosevelt County economic census
• Roosevelt County economic summary
• Roosevelt County employment growth
• Roosevelt County unemployment rate
• New Mexico economic data

25% of Portales residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Portales
• Colleges in New Mexico
• Learning Disabilities Association in New Mexico
• Schools in or near Portales
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• Yearbooks (old) of New Mexico high schools

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• Air pollution in Roosevelt County
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• Land contamination in Roosevelt County
• Nature Conservancy projects in New Mexico
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
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• Portales local government Web site
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• New Mexico state government
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• Portales medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

• Historic sites in or near Portales
• Historic sites in New Mexico
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• Museums in New Mexico
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Roosevelt County genealogy forum

Median rent in Portales, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $314.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $550.

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Libraries in Portales include Portales Public Library ... View libraries

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• Census map of Portales area
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Newspapers in Portales include Portales News-Tribune

TV stations in Portales include KENW.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KENW-FM.

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• Portales Chamber of Commerce
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• Nonprofit guide for Portales
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Roosevelt County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Portales political report.

• New Mexico Democratic party
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• New Mexico elections board

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The average commute time for Portales workers is 16 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 3 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Portales between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 2.7 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

Hotels in Portales include Super 8.

• Portales travel guide
• Airports near Portales
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• New Mexico tourism bureau

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