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Notable locations in Truth or Consequences: Monticello Point Ruin (A), Palomas Narrows Ruin (B), Chambers Canyon Historic Site (C), Truth or Consequences Weather Station (D), Hendrick House Historic Site (E), Truth or Consequences Public Library (F), Geronimo Springs Museum (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Truth or Consequences include: Sierra Church of Christ (A), Seventh Day Adventist Church (B), United Pentacostal Church (C), Reform Church (D), Desert Springs Lutheran Church (E), First Christian Church (F), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (G), East Third Church of Christ (H), Saint Pauls Epsicopal Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Mims Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Cuchillo Negro Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Truth or Consequences include: Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker (1), Truth or Consequences Historical Marker (2), Geronimos Spring Historical Marker (3), Caballo Mountains Historical Marker (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Kim Audette/Cherokee Hot Springs Apt/Bed & Breakfast (Recreation Areas; 618 Van Patten Avenue).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Truth or Consequences and their reported violations in the past:
WALKING SANDS REST AREA (Population served: 500, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  23.2% | | Whole state: |  18.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 9.6% | | Whole state: | 7.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Truth or Consequences, NM
People in group quarters in Truth or Consequences
- 220 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Truth or Consequences compared to New Mexico state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Sierra County New Mexico:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (87%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religon statistics for Truth or Consequences
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Churches of Christ |
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| Adherents | 53.7% | 18.4% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 3.1% |
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| Congregations | 26.1% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 13.0% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Assemblies of God | Episcopal Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 5.1% |
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| Congregations | 4.3% | 4.3% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 21.7% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
8 | $14,539 | $21,809 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $15,622 | $37,493 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
4 | $8,852 | $26,556 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
13 | $50,787 | $46,880 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $9,031 | $27,093 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
9 | $16,096 | $21,461 | 0 | $0 |
| Airports |
2 | $4,273 | $25,638 | 1 | $883 |
| Health |
2 | $4,858 | $29,148 | 0 | $0 |
| Hospitals |
104 | $360,993 | $41,653 | 24 | $47,625 |
| Solid Waste Management |
12 | $27,060 | $27,060 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
9 | $20,774 | $27,699 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
6 | $12,201 | $24,402 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
20 | $43,073 | $25,844 | 1 | $604 |
| Water Supply |
8 | $21,761 | $32,642 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
7 | $18,330 | $31,423 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
5 | $11,564 | $27,754 | 1 | $478 |
| Other and Unallocable |
9 | $20,420 | $27,227 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
227 | $660,234 | $34,902 | 27 | $49,590 |
Truth or Consequences government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $137,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $5,816,000
Sewerage: $800,000
Solid Waste Management: $554,000
Housing & Community Development: $433,000
All Other: $127,000
Parks & Recreation: $31,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $1,500,000
Regular Highways: $50,000
Sewerage: $9,000
General: $2,000
- Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $5,816,000
Electric Utilities: $1,952,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,394,000
General Public Buildings: $1,134,000
Police Protection: $775,000
Central Staff Services: $701,000
Sewerage: $665,000
Solid Waste Management: $527,000
Water Utilities: $521,000
General - Other: $383,000
Financial Administration: $371,000
Regular Highways: $291,000
Parks & Recreation: $257,000
Libraries: $214,000
Air Transportation: $155,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $151,000
Health Services - Other: $109,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $65,000
Fire Protection: $13,000
Corrections - Other: $7,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $1,692,000
All Other: $570,000
Water Utilities: $311,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $210,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $4,388,000
Industrial Revenue: $1,260,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,729,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $4,246,000
Other, NEC: $1,615,000
Industrial Revenue: $1,000,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $260,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $142,000
Other, NEC: $114,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $116,000
General Revenue, NEC: $36,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Electric Utilities: $118,000
Water Utilities: $86,000
General - Other: $68,000
Parks & Recreation: $30,000
Judicial: $18,000
Solid Waste Management: $7,000
Sewerage: $5,000
Police Protection: $3,000
Air Transportation: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,964,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $4,359,000
Water Utilities: $1,058,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,000,000
- State Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $1,239,000
General Support: $1,182,000
Highways: $300,000
All Other: $269,000
Housing & Community Development: $23,000
Electric Utilities: $1,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $1,145,000
Public Utilities: $335,000
Other Selective Sales: $110,000
Property: $106,000
NEC: $85,000
Motor Vehicle License: $26,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $5,665,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $146,000
9.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,445 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.47% | | 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:
8.36% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,019 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.36% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Truth or Consequences:
- KCHS (1400 AM; 1 kW; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: GPK MEDIA LLC)
- KELP (1590 AM; 50 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: MCCLATCHEY BROADCASTING)
- KSNM (570 AM; 5 kW; LAS CRUCES, NM; Owner: SUNRISE BROADCASTING INC.)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTSM (690 AM; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KNFT (950 AM; 5 kW; BAYARD, NM; Owner: RUNNELS BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LLC, DEBTOR IN POSSESSION)
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KFLT (830 AM; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FAMILY LIFE B/CING SYSTEM, INC.)
- KAMA (750 AM; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
- KXPL (1060 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: K-FINA RESULTS, INC.)
- KBNA (920 AM; 10 kW; EL PASO, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
Strongest FM radio stations in Truth or Consequences:
- K216CK (91.1 FM; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
- KKVS (98.7 FM; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: RICHARDSON COMMERCIAL CORPORATION)
- KROL (99.5 FM; LAS CRUCES, NM; Owner: RIO GRANDE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING CO)
- KVLC (101.1 FM; HATCH, NM; Owner: RADIO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Truth or Consequences:
- K59CN (Channel 59; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV.)
- K17BH (Channel 17; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES)
- K27BN (Channel 27; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
- K54CC (Channel 54; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES)
- K51BQ (Channel 51; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES)
- K64CG (Channel 64; TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM; Owner: CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
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Truth or Consequences, New Mexico:
- Fatal accident count: 21
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 27
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 8
- Fatalities: 25
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 46
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
New Mexico average:
- Fatal accident count: 126
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 180
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 52
- Fatalities: 138
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 344
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 21
See more detailed statistics of Truth or Consequences fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 9
Total length: 42 meters (138ft)
Total costs: $4,631,000
Total average daily traffic: 26,398
Total average daily truck traffic: 4,077
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