White Sands, NM
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+18.4 |
| 2012 | R+18.5 |
| 2016 | R+24.5 |
| 2020 | R+21.1 |
| 2024 | R+14.3 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,609 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+14.3 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $89,565 |
| County | Doña Ana County |
| State | NM |
Place narrative
White Sands CDP exists almost entirely within a U.S. Army installation, meaning its small resident population skews heavily toward active-duty military and civilian federal employees — a demographic profile that rarely mirrors surrounding Doña Ana County.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −14.3% | 123 | 166 | 11 | 300 |
| 2020 | R | −21.1% | 103 | 162 | 14 | 279 |
| 2016 | R | −24.5% | 67 | 117 | 20 | 204 |
| 2012 | R | −18.5% | 98 | 144 | 7 | 249 |
| 2008 | R | −18.4% | 113 | 165 | 4 | 282 |
| 2004† | R | −31.0% | 92 | 176 | 3 | 271 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 64.6% |
| Black | 3.1% |
| Asian | 10.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11.3% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $89,565 |
| Poverty rate | 1.9% |
| Median age | 22.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 53.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 1.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 45.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 18.5% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Doña Ana County county page and the NM state page.