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People QuickFacts | Eddy County | New Mexico
Population, 2012 estimate | 54,419 | 2,085,538
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 53,829 | 2,059,180
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.1% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 53,829 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.0% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.6% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.2% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.0% | 50.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 93.5% | 83.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.8% | 2.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.3% | 10.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.6% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 45.1% | 47.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 51.3% | 39.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.9% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.4% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 30.8% | 36.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.6% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.7% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,472 | 176,805
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17.2 | 21.8
Housing units, 2011 | 22,642 | 908,132
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.8% | 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.7% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $96,200 | $161,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 19,557 | 762,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.68 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,088 | $23,537
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,725 | $44,631
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% | 19.0%
Business QuickFacts | Eddy County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,262 | 43,860
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 20,150 | 597,568
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 8.5% | -0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,390 | 121,017
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,498 | 157,231
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 5.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.2% | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.4% | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 562,792 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,980 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 80,485 | 3,734,300
Building permits, 2012 | 378 | 4,672
Geography QuickFacts | Eddy County | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4,175.73 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 12.9 | 17
FIPS Code | 15 | 35
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts