Editing Hobbs, New Mexico (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1930= 598
|1940= 10619
|1950= 13875
|1960= 26275
|1970= 26025
|1980= 29153
|1990= 29115
|2000= 28657
|2010= 34122
|2020= 40508
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 26, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:35&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hobbs Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3532520&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|11,515
|28.4%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|2,058
|5.1%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|312
|0.8%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|491
|1.2%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|17
|<0.1%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
|1,039
|2.6%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|25,076
|61.9%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], 40,508 people, 12,028 households, and 8,572 families resided in the city.

===2010 census===
As of 2010, 33,405 people, 10,040 households, and 7,369 families were residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,514.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 11,968 housing units averaged {{convert|632.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 63.5% White, 6.8% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 24.5% from other races, and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 42.18% of the population.

Of the 10,040 households, 39.8% had children under 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were not families. About 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72, and the average family size was 3.22.

In the city, the age distribution was 30.4% under 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,100, and for a family was $33,017. Males had a median income of $31,352 versus $20,841 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,209. About 20.2% of families and 24.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.3% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.