BuildZoom’s new study looks into Urban Expansion across the country on a city by city bases. The urbanized metro area of Hobbs has expanded 19.65 square miles since 1940. Below is a breakdown of the decade by decade expansion of Hobbs and a map depicting this change:
- In the 1940s Hobbs expanded 0.51 square miles.
- 5.59 square miles in the 1950s.
- 2.82 square miles in the 1960s.
- 3.31 square miles in the 1970s.
- 1.70 square miles in the 1980s.
- 5.43 square miles in the 1990s.
- 0.30 square miles in the 2000s.
