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People QuickFacts | Socorro County | New Mexico
Population, 2013 estimate | 17,584 | 2,085,287
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,571 | 2,083,540
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,864 | 2,059,183
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.6% | 1.3%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.6% | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 17,866 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.6% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.7% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.4% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 49.0% | 50.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 82.9% | 83.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.2% | 2.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 12.4% | 10.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.1% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 48.9% | 47.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 37.1% | 39.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 92.3% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.6% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 42.7% | 36.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 79.5% | 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 20.3% | 25.6%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,395 | 175,832
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 19.2 | 21.7
Housing units, 2012 | 8,036 | 906,802
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 74.1% | 68.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 8.5% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $114,000 | $161,500
Households, 2008-2012 | 5,474 | 763,844
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 3.16 | 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $17,795 | $23,749
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $34,337 | $44,886
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 25.0% | 19.5%
Business QuickFacts | Socorro County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 243 | 43,860
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,885 | 597,568
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.7% | -0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 819 | 121,017
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, 2012 | 0 | 4,672
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