Cannon AFB, New Mexico

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Population in July 2007: 2,688.

Males: 1,627	(60.5%)
Females: 1,061	(39.5%)

Median resident age:	21.9 years
New Mexico median age:	34.6 years

Zip codes: 88103.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $21,808 (it was $18,465 in 2000)

Cannon AFB:	$21,808
New Mexico:	$41,452

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $14,168

Cannon AFB:	$14,168
New Mexico:	$21,822

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $46,218 (it was $29,000 in 2000)

Cannon AFB:	$46,218
New Mexico:	$155,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $50,639; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $38,595

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Races in Cannon AFB:

White Non-Hispanic (64.3%)
Black (13.3%)
Hispanic (12.1%)
Other race (6.1%)
Two or more races (5.9%)
Chinese (2.2%)
Filipino (1.7%)
American Indian (1.6%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Cannon AFB: 79.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (19.7%), Irish (11.3%), English (7.9%), United States (3.0%), Italian (2.5%), French (2.1%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Land area: 5.31 square miles.

Population density: 506 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Cannon AFB

High school or higher: 96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
Unemployed: 9.0%
Mean travel time to work: 9.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cannon AFB CDP

Never married: 38.9%
Now married: 56.2%
Separated: 0.4%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 4.6%

220 residents are foreign born (5.9% Asia, 1.6% Latin America, 1.1% Europe).

This place:	8.6%
New Mexico:	8.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cannon AFB:	0.0% ($0)
New Mexico:	0.7% ($699)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Amarillo, TX (100.8 miles , pop. 173,627).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (192.9 miles , pop. 448,607).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (392.6 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Clovis, NM (2.7 miles ), Portales, NM (3.9 miles ), Texico, NM (4.0 miles ), Floyd, NM (4.0 miles) , Farwell, TX (4.1 miles ), Melrose, NM (4.2 miles ), Bovina, TX (5.1 miles ), Broadview, NM (5.3 miles ).

Latitude: 34.40 N, Longitude: 103.33 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +2,101 (+82.2%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,495 (85.1%)

Area code: 505

Cannon AFB household income distribution

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):

Public administration (41%)
Construction (11%)
Personal and laundry services (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Public administration (20%)
Health care (12%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
Repair and maintenance (9%)
Educational services (8%)
Social assistance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
Personal appearance workers (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Lawyers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
Child care workers (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)

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Average climate in Cannon AFB, New Mexico

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Cannon AFB, New Mexico average temperatures

Cannon AFB, New Mexico average precipitation

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Cannon AFB-area historical tornado activity is significantly above New Mexico state average. It is 22% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/21/1963, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.9 miles away from the Cannon AFB place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 4/17/1970, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 40.4 miles away from the place center killed one person and injured 13 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Cannon AFB-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below New Mexico state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/25/1996 at 06:43:46, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, 3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 93.4 miles away from Cannon AFB center
On 3/19/1995 at 18:36:43, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 65.3 miles away from the city center
On 4/27/1998 at 15:22:46, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 90.5 miles away from the city center
On 7/14/1998 at 05:38:48, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 MD, 2.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 65.9 miles away from Cannon AFB center
On 3/24/1993 at 02:32:03, a magnitude 3.0 (2.7 MD, 3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 84.5 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), duration magnitude (MD)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Cannon AFB:

PLAINS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CLOVIS (about 8 miles; CLOVIS, NM)
ROOSEVELT GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; PORTALES, NM)
MULESHOE AREA MED CTR (about 36 miles; MULESHOE, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cannon AFB:

EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 17 miles; PORTALES, NM; Full-time enrollment: 2,955)
SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 76 miles; LEVELLAND, TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 91 miles; CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 99 miles; AMARILLO, TX; FT enrollment: 4,876)
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 103 miles; LUBBOCK, TX; FT enrollment: 22,439)
NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY (about 130 miles; LAS VEGAS, NM; FT enrollment: 2,278)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Cannon AFB and their reported violations in the past:

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE WATER SYSTEM (Address: 208 WEST CASABLANCA AVE, Population served: 8177, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUL-02-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-02-2001), Fed Formal NOV issued (JUN-20-2002)

One minor monitoring violation

Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
New Mexico:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	62.5%
Whole state:	68.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	0.2%
Whole state:	6.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	12.0%
Whole state:	18.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	7.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cannon AFB, NM

562 people in military barracks, etc.
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Cannon AFB compared to New Mexico state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Median age significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage significantly above state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Number of college students above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Cannon AFB mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Taos County New Mexico:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (53%) Electricity (45%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Religion statistics for Cannon AFB

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Assemblies of God
Adherents	85.7%	3.1%	2.2%	1.7%	1.2%
Congregations	50.0%	7.4%	4.4%	4.4%	7.4%

Name	Pentecostal Church of God	Churches of Christ	Episcopal Church	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Other religions
Adherents	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.6%	3.0%
Congregations	2.9%	4.4%	1.5%	1.5%	16.2%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

7.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,143 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.16%
New Mexico average:	7.94%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Bernalillo County, NM	0.75% ($33,872 average AGI)
from Rio Arriba County, NM	0.31% ($23,306)
from Santa Fe County, NM	0.25% ($51,276)

6.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,238 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.58%
New Mexico average:	7.42%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Bernalillo County, NM	1.18% ($26,276 average AGI)
to Santa Fe County, NM	0.36% ($42,098)
to Rio Arriba County, NM	0.32% ($25,167)

Strongest AM radio stations in Cannon AFB:

KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
KIJN (1060 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FARWELL, TX; Owner: METROPOLITIAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
KCLV (1240 AM; 1 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: ZIA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KWKA (680 AM; 1 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: CURRY COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
KSEL (1450 AM; 1 kW; PORTALES, NM; Owner: ROONEY MOON BROADCASTING, INC.)
KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KGNC (710 AM; 10 kW; AMARILLO, TX; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
KBIM (910 AM; 5 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KFYO (790 AM; 5 kW; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cannon AFB:

KTQM-FM (99.9 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: CURRY COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
K220FT (91.9 FM; PORTALES, NM; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K201CY (88.1 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
KICA-FM (98.3 FM; FARWELL, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
KRMQ-FM (101.5 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: MOUNT RUSHMORE BROADCASTING INC.)
KKYC (102.3 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORP.)
K212BG (90.3 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
KSMX (107.5 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: ROONEY MOON BROADCASTING, INC.)
KCLV-FM (99.1 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: ZIA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KAQF (91.1 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
KSEL-FM (95.3 FM; PORTALES, NM; Owner: ROONEY MOON BROADCASTING, INC.)
K228DQ (93.5 FM; PORTALES, NM; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
KENW-FM (89.5 FM; PORTALES, NM; Owner: EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY)
K219DR (91.7 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
K203DG (88.5 FM; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)

TV broadcast stations around Cannon AFB:

KENW (Channel 3; PORTALES, NM; Owner: EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY)
KVIH-TV (Channel 12; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: NVG-AMARILLO, LLC)
K49BY (Channel 49; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
K45BF (Channel 45; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: QUORUM OF AMARILLO LICENSE, LLC)
K47DH (Channel 47; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: MISSION B/CING.OF AMARILLO LIC.,INC.)
K26CD (Channel 26; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: PANHANDLE TELECASTING CO.)
K43BU (Channel 43; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: NVG-AMARILLO, LLC)
K55AM (Channel 55; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
K51DX (Channel 51; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY)
K58FW (Channel 64; PORTALES, NM; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
KPTF (Channel 18; FARWELL, TX; Owner: PRIME TIME CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1

Trident Avenue & D.L. Ingram Blvd., Structure height: 28.4 m, Call Sign: KNKN598
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 11/02/1999, Expiration Date: 10/01/2009
Registrant: Bennet & Bennet, Pllc, 10 G Street, Ne, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20002, Phone: (202) 371-1500, Fax: (202) 371-1558, Email:

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

David E Hughes, Trident Avenue & D. L. Ingram Blvd., Type: Pole, Structure height: 24.4 m, Overall height: 29 m
Registrant: Enmr Telephone Cooperative, Inc., 7111 North Prince St., Clovis, NM 88102-1947, Phone: (505) 389-4132, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1

MIDWAY, 14.1 Km, Type: Mast, Structure height: 223.4 m, Call Sign: WPYL857
Assigned Frequencies : 6004.50 MHz
Grant Date: 09/04/2003, Expiration Date: 09/04/2013, Certifier: Jim Gordon
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4

Call Sign: KB5OSI, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 01/29/1991, Expiration Date: 01/29/2001, Cancelation Date: 01/30/2003
Registrant: Stacey A Spears, 1720a Juggler LP, Cannon Afb, NM 88101
Call Sign: NO7OR, Previous Call Sign: KA7LZF, Licensee ID: L00178660
Grant Date: 03/14/2003, Expiration Date: 03/14/2013, Certifier: Michael J Mcauley Jr
Registrant: Mac J Mcauley Jr, 1763-A Normandy Loop, Cannon Afb, NM 88103
Call Sign: KD0AZT, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01297199
Grant Date: 06/21/2007, Expiration Date: 06/21/2017, Certifier: Michael J Mcauley Iii
Registrant: Michael J Mcauley Iii, 1763-A Normandy Loop, Cannon Afb, NM 88103
Call Sign: KD0AZU, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01297200
Grant Date: 06/21/2007, Expiration Date: 06/21/2017, Certifier: Jacqueline J Mcauley
Registrant: Jacqueline J Mcauley, 1763-A Normandy Loop, Cannon Afb, NM 88103

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