Jal, New Mexico Jal, New Mexico Location of Jal, New Mexico Location of Jal, New Mexico Jal, New Mexico is positioned in the US Jal, New Mexico - Jal, New Mexico Location in the United States State New Mexico Jal is a town/city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States.
Jal is positioned at 32 6 44 N 103 11 35 W (32.112102, -103.192972). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.8 square miles (12 km2), all land.
The populace density was 426.5 citizens per square mile (163.8/km ).
There were 1009 housing units at an average density of 210.2 per square mile (80.7/km ).
There were 788 homeholds out of which 34.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families.
23.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 19, 12.2% in their 20's, 10.1% in their 30's, 12.6% in their 40's, 13.2% in their 50's, and 22.4% who were 60 years of age or older.
The median age was 38.2 years.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,813, and the median income for a family was $51,538.
The per capita income for the town/city was $20,597.
About 12.0% of families and 14.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 18.5% of those age 65 or over.
In the 1880s, a several brothers brought a herd of cattle to Monument Draw, six miles southeast of the present city.
The cattle were branded with the initials of the previous owner (John A.Lynch) and the cattle soon came to be called the JAL Cattle.
The town/city is served by the Lea County/Jal airport about three miles to the northeast.
Jal experiences a hot semi-arid climate, typical of the high plains of easterly New Mexico.
Climate data for Jal, New Mexico.
Average low F ( C) 27.9 (0.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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