Lea County Census Precincts in 1950

The 1950 federal census came out recently. The map below can be helpful in determining where someone listed in the census might have lived.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1950_Census_Enumeration_District_Maps_-_New_Mexico_(NM)_-_Lea_County_-_Lea_County_-_ED_13-1_to_42_-_NARA_-_23928701.jpg

Below is the top of a page from Humble City.

The numbers “13-40” match the numbers in red above “Pct 19 – Humble City,” so we can determine that a person on this page lived within that section.