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People QuickFacts | Roswell | New Mexico
Population, 2012 estimate | 48,477 | 2,083,540
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 48,401 | 2,059,183
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.2% | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 48,366 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.4% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 28.3% | 25.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 14.5% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 50.6%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 69.9% | 68.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.5% | 2.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 9.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.4% | 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 53.4% | 46.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 42.0% | 40.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 79.7% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.1% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 36.8% | 36.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 79.6% | 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 18.0% | 25.6%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 3,894 | 175,832
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 15.7 | 21.7
Housing units, 2010 | 19,743 | 901,388
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 64.2% | 68.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.8% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $90,100 | $161,500
Households, 2008-2012 | 17,809 | 763,844
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.6 | 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $19,431 | $23,749
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $36,583 | $44,886
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 22.3% | 19.5%
Business QuickFacts | Roswell | New Mexico
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,264 | 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 | 1.8% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.6% | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.8% | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 237,615 | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 788,265 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,285 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 88,922 | 3,734,300
Geography QuickFacts | Roswell | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 29.86 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,619.9 | 17
FIPS Code | 64930 | 35
Counties | Chaves County
(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