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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hobbs, New Mexico
| settlement_type = City
| nickname =
| motto = "It All Happens Here"
 
<!-- Images -->
| image_skyline = Hobbs New Mexico Public Library.jpg
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| map_caption = Location of Hobbs, New Mexico
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[New Mexico]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New Mexico|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lea County, New Mexico|Lea]]
| government_footnotes =
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Sam Cobb
| leader_title1 = City Manager
| leader_name1 = Manny Gomez
| established_title =
| established_date =
 
<!-- Area -->
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| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 68.47
| area_land_km2 = 68.3739
| area_water_km2 = 0.1009
| area_total_sq_mi = 26.44
| area_land_sq_mi = 26.40
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.0403
 
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of = [[20102020 United States Census|20102020]]
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|population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3532520&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Hobbs city, New Mexico| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>
| population_total = 3412240508
| population_density_km2 = 572592.4535
| population_density_sq_mi = 14821534.6116
 
<!-- General information -->
| timezone = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
| utc_offset = &minus;7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = &minus;6
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
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| postal_code = 88240-88242
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|postal_code area_code = 88240-88242[[Area code 575|575]]
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|blank1_info website = 0923609{{URL|www.hobbsnm.org}}
|website footnotes = {{URL|www.hobbsnm.org}}
|footnotes pop_est_as_of =
| population_est =
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|population_est = 39141
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'''Hobbs''' is a city in [[Lea County, New Mexico|Lea County]], [[New Mexico]], United States. Its population was 34,122 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010"/> increasing from 28,657 in 2000.
'''Hobbs''' is a city in [[Lea County, New Mexico|Lea County]], [[New Mexico]], United States. Its population was 40,508 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3532520&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Hobbs city, New Mexico| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref> increasing from 34,122 in 2010.
 
Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico [[micropolitan statistical area]], which includes all of Lea County.
 
==History==
Hobbs was founded in 1907 when James Isaac Hobbs (1852–1923) established a [[Homestead principle|homestead]] and named the settlement.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hellmann |first=Paul T. |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA741 |date=14 February 2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-135-94859-3 |page=741}}</ref> In 1910, the Hobbs post office opened, with James Hobbs as the first postmaster.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NM&county=Lea | title=Lea County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> By 1911, there were about 25 landowners lived in Hobbs.<ref name=History>[{{cite news |last=Sholin |first=Terry M. |date=3 January 2001 |title=History of Hobbs |url=http://www.hobbsnm.us/hobbshistory.htm |newspaper=Hobbs New Sun |location=Hobbs |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814200441/http://hobbsnm.us/hobbshistory.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
The small, isolated settlement expanded rapidly following the discovery of oil by the Midwest Oil Company in 1927. A [[refinery]] was built the following year, and in 1929, the town of Hobbs was officially incorporated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Archuletta |first1=Phil T. |last2=Holden |first2=Sharyl |title=Traveling New Mexico: A Guide to the Historical and State Park Markers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VR4vU_bkWj8C&pg=PA152 |year=2004 |publisher=Sunstone Press |isbn=978-1-61139-117-6 |page=152}}</ref> At the peak of this oil boom, over 12,000 people lived in Hobbs. When the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] hit, oil prices dropped and the population fell to only about 3,000 in 1931. However, aA few years later, though, activity picked up in the oilfields and the population climbed to about 14,000 in 1940.<ref name=History/>
 
On June 23, 1938, seven local men were killed and five more injured when an explosive charge used in oil drilling detonated prematurely.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEVEN KILLED, FIVE HURT IN NITRO BLAST IN NEW MEXICO |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/new-mexico/9306/hobbs-nm-nitroglycerin-explosion-jun-1938 |access-date=20 June 2020 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=The Helena Independent |date=23 June 1938}}</ref>
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The first college in Hobbs opened in 1956. It was initially the First Baptist College, and in 1962, it became the College of the Southwest. The name was changed again to [[University of the Southwest]] in 2008. A second college, [[New Mexico Junior College]], opened in 1966.
 
An ordinance was passed in Hobbs in November 2022 to prevent abortion clinics from operating.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Brad |date=8 November 2022 |title=New Mexico city passes ordinance to block abortion clinics from operating |url= https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-city-passes-ordinance-to-block-abortion-clinics-from-operating/ar-AA13R1k6 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
{{Main|2019 Hobbs, New Mexico party shooting}}
During the late night early morning of August 25, 2019, barrages of gunfire erupted at a party in Hobbs, killing 3 and wounding 4. A 19-year-old male, a DJ at the party, was arrested, initially for a non-fatal wounding of one person, but a year later was charged in the triple killings.
 
==Geography==
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==Climate==
 
Hobbs, like many parts of eastern New Mexico, has a [[semiarid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BSk'').<ref>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AnOY3bX30oI/TZvUMicLbUI/AAAAAAAAABg/J5l2PgBA2Cc/s1600/climatemapusa2yv3.png {{Barecite URLjournal image| last=Abichou | first=Tarek | last2=Kormi | first2=Tarek | last3=Wang | first3=Cheng | last4=Chanton | first4=Jeffrey P. | last5=Green | first5=Roger | last6=Escobar | first6=Francisco | title=A novel approach to estimate methane oxidation in interim landfill covers across the USA | journal=International Journal of Environment and Waste Management | volume=15 | issue=4 | date=March2015 2022| issn=1478-9876 | doi=10.1504/IJEWM.2015.069961 | page=317}}</ref> The city experiences hot summers and chilly winters. With around 70% of precipitation coming in the high solar half of the year, Hobbs may also be defined as a dry-winter [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cwa'').
 
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|JulMay record high F = 93.9107
|AugJun record high F = 92.4114
|SepJul record high F = 86.0110
|OctAug record high F = 77.1108
|NovSep record high F = 65.2109
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|Feb low F = 31.9
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|Jan high F = 55.1
|Feb high F = 60.7
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|Apr high F = 77.1
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|Jun high F = 93.4
|Jul high F = 94.1
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|Jan mean F = 42.3
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|May mean F = 71.3
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|Jul mean F = 81.4
|Aug mean F = 79.9
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|Oct mean F = 62.9
|Nov mean F = 50.9
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|Jan low F = 29.6
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|Mar low F = 39.5
|Apr low F = 47.5
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|Jun low F = 65.1
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|Aug low F = 67.7
|Sep low F = 60.7
|Oct low F = 49.7
|Nov low F = 38.1
|Dec low F = 30.5
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|Feb avg record low F = 18.7
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|Aug avg record low F = 60.8
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|Oct avg record low F = 34.1
|Nov avg record low F = 22.8
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|Jan record low F = -7
|Feb record low F = -2
|Mar record low F = 1
|Apr record low F = 17
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 47
|Aug record low F = 45
|Sep record low F = 35
|Oct record low F = 12
|Nov record low F = 4
|Dec record low F = -1
 
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|title=HOBBS, NEW MEXICO - Climate Summary
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| access-date = October 13, 2018}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
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|2000= 28657
|2010= 34122
|2020= 40508
|estyear=2019
|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>
|estimate=39141
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|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>
}}
 
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|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|11,515
|28.434%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|2,058
|5.081%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|312
|0.778%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|491
|1.212%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|17
|<0.041%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixedmixed]]
|1,039
|2.566%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
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|61.9%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States Census]], there were 40,508 people, 12,028 households, and 8,572 families residingresided 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 people per square mile (584.5|PD/km{{supsqmi|2PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}). The 11,968 housing units averaged {{convert|632.3 per mi<sup>2<|/sup> (244.1mi2|/km{{supkm2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|2}}). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 63.525% White, 6.798% African American, 1.071% Native American, 0.434% Asian, 24.465% from other races, and 3.737% 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 the age of 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 years of age 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.
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==Economy==
The largest industries in Hobbs are mining/quarrying and oil and gas extraction, followed by retail trade and educational services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hobbs-nm/|title=About Hobbs, NM|publisher=DataUSA|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> Hobbs is also home to Zia Park, a racetrack, hotel and casino with over 750 slot machines and table games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ziaparkcasino.com/visit|title=Visit Zia Park Casino Hotel & Racetrack|publisher=Zia Park|access-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref>
 
==Arts and culture==
[[File:Hobbs NM (35751087780).jpg|thumb|Sign in Hobbs]]
 
Located in Hobbs are the headquarters of the [[Soaring Society of America]] and Zia Park Casino, Hotel, and Racetrack, which offers live and simulcast racing, casino games, dining, and a 154-room hotel. The property is owned and operated by [[Penn National Gaming, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web | title=About Zia Park Casino | url=http://www.ziaparkcasino.com/About | publisher=Zia Park Casino, Hotel & Racetrack | access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
 
==Transportation==
===Highways===
*[[U.S. Route 62 in New Mexico|US 62]] runs east & west
*[[New Mexico State Road 18|NM 18]] runs north & south
*[[New Mexico State Road 132|NM 132]] runs north
 
===Railroad===
The [[Texas & New Mexico Railway]] provides freight service.
 
===Airport===
[[Lea County Regional Airport]] serves Hobbs with one commercial passenger airline flying to it.
 
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* [[University of the Southwest]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usw.edu/|title=Welcome - University of Southwest|website=usw.edu}}</ref> is a private, four-year Christian university
* [[New Mexico Junior College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmjc.edu/|title=New Mexico Junior College|website=www.nmjc.edu}}</ref> is a public junior college
* [[Hobbs Municipal Schools]] is the local school district.
 
[[Hobbs Municipal Schools]] is the local school district.
* [[Hobbs High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobbsschools.net/|title=Home - Hobbs Municipal Schools|website=www.hobbsschools.net}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
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* [[Tony Benford]], assistant coach with TCU's men's basketball team
* [[Ryan Bingham]], country singer/songwriter
* [[Ray Birmingham]], national champion collegiate baseball coach
* [[Bill Bridges (basketball)|Bill Bridges]], professional basketball player
* [[James O. Browning]], federal judge
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* [[Scott Terry]], former pitcher for the [[Cincinnati Reds]]
* [[Polo Urias]], singer
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==See also==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Hobbs, New Mexico}}
*{{Official website|www.hobbsnm.org}}
 
{{Lea County, New Mexico}}
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