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People QuickFacts | Otero County | Colorado
Population, 2012 estimate | 18,698 | 5,187,582
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 18,831 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.7% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 18,831 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.4% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.5% | 24.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 18.5% | 11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.2% | 49.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 92.2% | 88.3%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.2% | 1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.5% | 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 40.5% | 20.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 56.2% | 69.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.6% | 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.8% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 18.7% | 16.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.6% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.6% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,685 | 405,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17.1 | 24.3
Housing units, 2011 | 8,949 | 2,224,603
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.3% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $93,300 | $236,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 7,453 | 1,941,193
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.43 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,396 | $30,816
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $31,246 | $57,685
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.7% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Otero County | Colorado
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 474 | 151,973
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 4,508 | 1,955,336
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -12.4 | 2.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,129 | 426,417
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, 2011 | 3 | 13,502
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