New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, United States. The population was 970 at the 2020 census.
History
Logan was born when the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
At ...
constructed a bridge over the
Canadian River
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In 1963 and 1964, Ute Dam, its reservoir, and Ute Lake State Park were built west of Logan.
On March 23, 2007, severe
thunderstorm
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s passed through Eastern New Mexico and West Texas which spawned several
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
es, including one in Logan, which destroyed 30 motor homes and mobile homes. Three were injured.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (5.58%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 1,094 people, 485 households, and 342 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,010 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 89.21%
White
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, 0.27%
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 6.12% from other races, and 3.20% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 20.38% of the population.
There were 485 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were
married couples
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living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.71.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 27.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $24,871, and the median income for a family was $31,528. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $16,393 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the village was $13,069. About 7.1% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.
Transportation
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific an ...
highway runs through this village. NM 540 highway ends at Logan.
The
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
passes through Logan, and there is one short siding.