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People QuickFacts | Sierra County | New Mexico
Population, 2013 estimate | 11,572 | 2,085,287
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 11,988 | 2,059,183
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -3.5% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 11,988 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 4.2% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 15.6% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 32.9% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 49.9% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 93.4% | 82.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 2.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.5% | 10.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.8% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 29.4% | 47.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 66.6% | 39.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 90.2% | 85.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 4.9% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 22.8% | 36.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 84.0% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 21.1% | 25.8%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,834 | 172,717
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 13.2 | 21.6
Housing units, 2013 | 8,224 | 905,135
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 73.9% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 8.7% | 14.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $93,900 | $160,000
Households, 2009-2013 | 4,350 | 761,938
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.68 | 2.66
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $17,752 | $23,763
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $27,430 | $44,927
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 22.6% | 20.4%
Business QuickFacts | Sierra County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 221 | 43,883
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 2,319 | 602,715
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -10.7% | 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 733 | 120,916
Total number of firms, 2007 | 832 | 157,231
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | 12.4% | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 82,782 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,634 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,920 | 3,734,300
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 4,672
Geography QuickFacts | Sierra County | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4,178.96 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2.9 | 17
FIPS Code | 51 | 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