Otero County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 46.0%
(0.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 20.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 48.3% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 58.1% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This place: | 3.3 people | | New Mexico: | 2.3 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 70.0% | | Whole state: | 60.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 8.3% | | Whole state: | 6.4% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mescalero, NM
3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Mescalero compared to New Mexico state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Wood (26%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Otero County New Mexico:
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Religion statistics for Mescalero (based on Otero County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 46.19%
| Here |  | 46.2% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | LDS (Mormon) Church |
| Adherents | 53.8% | 14.4% | 8.7% | 6.4% | 3.0% |
| Congregations | 13.9% | 22.2% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 4.2% |
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| Name | Charismatic Churches Independent | Churches of Christ | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Episcopal Church | Other |
| Adherents | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 6.4% |
| Congregations | 1.4% | 16.7% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 23.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 6 | Otero County: | 0.96 / 10,000 pop. | | New Mexico: | 1.44 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.16 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Otero County: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. | | New Mexico: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 27 | Otero County: | 4.30 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 35 | Here: | 5.58 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 6.8% | | New Mexico: | 6.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Otero County: | 25.8% | | New Mexico: | 22.1% |
9.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,615 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.80% | | New Mexico average: | 7.94% |
1.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($4,022 average AGI)| Otero County: | 1.18% | | New Mexico average: | 0.21% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
11.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,774 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.05% | | New Mexico average: | 7.42% |
1.24% of residents moved to foreign countries ($3,602 average AGI)| Otero County: | 1.24% | | New Mexico average: | 0.14% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Mescalero:
- KBUY (1360 AM; 5 kW; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: WALTON STATIONS-NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KELP (1590 AM; 50 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: MCCLATCHEY BROADCASTING)
- KRUI (1490 AM; 1 kW; RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM; Owner: M.T.D., INC.)
- KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KRSY (1230 AM; 1 kW; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: RUNNELS BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LLC, DEBTOR IN POSSESSION)
- KINN (1270 AM; 1 kW; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: BURT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTSM (690 AM; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KAMA (750 AM; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
- KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KSNM (570 AM; 5 kW; LAS CRUCES, NM; Owner: SUNRISE BROADCASTING INC.)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Mescalero:
- K249DD (97.7 FM; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: ROSWELL CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- KNMB (96.7 FM; CLOUDCROFT, NM; Owner: MTD, INC.)
- KIDX (101.5 FM; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: MTD, INC.)
- K240CN (95.9 FM; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: FRIENDS OF KHFM-RUIDOSO)
- K297AE (107.3 FM; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- KZZX (105.3 FM; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: BURT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KRSY-FM (92.7 FM; LA LUZ, NM; Owner: RUNNELS BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LLC, DEBTOR IN POSSESSION)
- K205DE (88.9 FM; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
- K256AI (99.1 FM; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KNMZ (103.7 FM; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: RUNNELS BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LLC, DEBTOR IN POSSESSION)
- K215EC (91.1 FM; ALAMOGORDO, NM; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KWES (93.5 FM; RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: WALTON STATIONS-NEW MEXICO, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Mescalero:
- K13OY (Channel 13; MESCALERO, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- K02KR (Channel 2; MESCALERO, NM; Owner: APACHE TRIBE OF MESCALERO)
- K06EV (Channel 6; MESCALERO, NM; Owner: APACHE TRIBE OF MESCALERO)
- K13OX (Channel 13; MUD CANYON, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- K02KQ (Channel 2; MESCALERO APACHE IND, NM; Owner: APACHE TRIBE OF MESCALERO)
- K08IX (Channel 8; MESCALERO APACHE IND, NM; Owner: APACHE TRIBE OF MESCALERO)
- K55AC (Channel 55; CAPITAN, RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
- K58AH (Channel 58; RUIDOSO, ETC., NM; Owner: KOAT HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- K30GM (Channel 30; CAPITAN/RUIDOSO, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
Mescalero, New Mexico:
- Fatal accident count: 30
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 38
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 16
- Fatalities: 32
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 106
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
New Mexico average:
- Fatal accident count: 135
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 194
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 55
- Fatalities: 148
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 369
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 23
See more detailed statistics of Mescalero fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Mescalero)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - Cienigita L O (Lat: 33.304806 Lon: -105.785833), Call Sign: KNIK321, Licensee ID: L00005524
Assigned Frequencies: 155.085 MHz Grant Date: 11/26/2003, Expiration Date: 01/25/2014
Registrant: Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM 88340, Phone: (505) 671-4479 - Cienigita L O (Lat: 33.304806 Lon: -105.785833), Call Sign: KUY420, Licensee ID: L00005524
Assigned Frequencies: 155.055 MHz Grant Date: 11/26/2003, Expiration Date: 01/25/2014
Registrant: Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM 88340, Phone: (505) 671-4479 - Mescalero Phs Hospital (Lat: 33.157583 Lon: -105.769722), Call Sign: KYQ586
Assigned Frequencies: 462.950 MHz, 462.975 MHz, 463.000 MHz, 463.025 MHz, 463.050 MHz, 463.075 MHz, 463.100 MHz, 463.125 MHz, 463.150 MHz, 463.175 MHz Grant Date: 03/02/2005, Expiration Date: 05/30/2015
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:
- Lat: 33.225361 Lon: -105.742917, Call Sign: WQJW898
Assigned Frequencies: 160.207 MHz Grant Date: 01/28/2009, Expiration Date: 01/28/2019, Certifier: Joe C Harrison
Registrant: Key Communications Southwestern Wireless, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346-0883, Phone: (575) 378-8266, Fax: (575) 378-4731, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 4 - STATION, Intersection Of Hwy 70 And Graveyard Canyon Rd (Lat: 33.156750 Lon: -105.779694), Overall height: 9.1 m, Call Sign: WNEI244
Assigned Frequencies: 21825.0 MHz Grant Date: 07/20/1995, Expiration Date: 07/20/2000, Cancellation Date: 10/29/2000
Registrant: Phone: (505) 671-4494 - STATION, S Of Intersection Of Hwys 24 And 70 (Lat: 33.214250 Lon: -105.708028), Structure height: 7.6 m, Call Sign: WNEO836
Assigned Frequencies: 21825.0 MHz Grant Date: 08/01/1991, Expiration Date: 08/01/1996, Cancellation Date: 06/12/1996
Registrant: Phone: (406) 777-5165 - Soldier Canyon Communications Site (Lat: 33.161194 Lon: -105.775528), Overall height: 60.4 m, Call Sign: WPOS771
Assigned Frequencies: 686.000 MHz Grant Date: 03/16/1999, Expiration Date: 08/01/1997, Cancellation Date: 08/01/1997
Registrant: Phone: (505) 437-0100 - Carrizo CO, 73 Carrizo Canyon Road (Lat: 33.274333 Lon: -105.707306), Type: Nntann, Structure height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: WQCT742
Assigned Frequencies: 6004.50 MHz Grant Date: 05/23/2005, Expiration Date: 05/23/2015, Certifier: Jaime P Flores
Registrant: Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, Phone: (202) 828-5520, Fax: (202) 828-5568
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: LEARJET INC 31A (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 10, Weight: 12,500 - 19,999 Pounds), Engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER (3500 HP) (Turbo-fan)
N-Number: 986MA , Serial Number: 080, Year manufactured: 1993, Airworthiness Date: 08/18/1993
Registrant (Government): Mescalero Apache Tribe, Po Box 176, Mescalero, NM 88340
| Most common first names in Mescalero, NM among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Mary | 12 | 61.3 years |
| John | 6 | 77.1 years |
| Martha | 5 | 64.4 years |
| Gerald | 4 | 50.5 years |
| Michael | 4 | 41.5 years |
| Martin | 4 | 66.2 years |
| George | 4 | 66.2 years |
| Andrew | 4 | 69.7 years |
| William | 3 | 71.9 years |
| Gilbert | 3 | 43.3 years |
| Most common last names in Mescalero, NM among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Enjady | 8 | 46.7 years |
| Blake | 8 | 48.4 years |
| Kazhe | 8 | 53.6 years |
| Morgan | 8 | 69.4 years |
| Shanta | 8 | 50.5 years |
| Botella | 7 | 69.3 years |
| Belin | 7 | 64.7 years |
| Mendez | 7 | 64.9 years |
| Gaines | 7 | 76.3 years |
| Smith | 7 | 52.0 years |
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