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'''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.
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==History==
▲ 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, 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. A few years later, though, activity picked up in the oilfields and the population climbed to about 14,000 in 1940.<ref name=History/>
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==Climate==
Hobbs, like many parts of eastern New Mexico, has a [[semiarid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BSk'').<ref>
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|Nov mean F = 50.9
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|Nov low F = 38.1
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===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
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.
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==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==
* [[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
==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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