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People QuickFacts | Otero County | Colorado
Population, 2013 estimate | 18,703 | 5,268,367
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 18,831 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.7% | 4.8%
Population, 2010 | 18,831 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.5% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.2% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 18.8% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.7% | 49.8%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 91.7% | 88.0%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.2% | 4.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.4% | 1.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.9% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.7% | 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 41.5% | 21.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 55.1% | 69.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 85.2% | 80.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 4.1% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 18.5% | 16.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.0% | 90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 15.5% | 37.0%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,615 | 399,458
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 17.5 | 24.5
Housing units, 2013 | 8,866 | 2,247,238
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 64.7% | 65.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 13.1% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $91,800 | $236,200
Households, 2009-2013 | 7,427 | 1,977,591
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.45 | 2.53
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $19,078 | $31,109
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $33,848 | $58,433
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 25.2% | 13.2%
Business QuickFacts | Otero County | Colorado
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 436 | 153,112
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 4,473 | 2,035,803
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -4.9% | 3.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 1,077 | 440,482
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,586 | 547,770
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.1% | 6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 37.3% | 29.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 46,331,953
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 59,844 | 53,598,986
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 171,450 | 65,896,788
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,166 | $13,609
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,313 | 11,440,395
Building permits, 2012 | 4 | 23,301
Geography QuickFacts | Otero County | Colorado
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,261.96 | 103,641.89
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 14.9 | 48.5
FIPS Code | 89 | 8
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