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People QuickFacts | Socorro County | New Mexico
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,603 | 2,085,538
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,864 | 2,059,180
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.5% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 17,866 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.6% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.8% | 24.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.8% | 13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 48.7% | 50.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 83.3% | 83.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 12.1% | 10.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.4% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 48.3% | 46.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 37.8% | 40.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.4% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.4% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 43.8% | 36.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 77.8% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 21.1% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,521 | 176,805
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.1 | 21.8
Housing units, 2011 | 8,100 | 908,132
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.6% | 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.2% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $115,900 | $161,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,694 | 762,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.04 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,206 | $23,537
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,148 | $44,631
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.4% | 19.0%
Business QuickFacts | Socorro County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 248 | 44,221
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,810 | 600,165
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 10.2 | 9.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 893 | 120,470
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,035 | 157,231
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.1% | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 35.3% | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 126,228 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,955 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 24,224 | 3,734,300
Building permits, 2011 | 0 | 4,067
Geography QuickFacts | Socorro County | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6,646.68 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2.7 | 17
FIPS Code | 53 | 35
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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