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People QuickFacts | Chaves County | New Mexico
Population, 2013 estimate | 65,823 | 2,085,287
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 65,645 | 2,059,183
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.3% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 65,645 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 7.4% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 27.4% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 14.5% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.2% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 92.4% | 82.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.6% | 2.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.1% | 10.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.9% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.8% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 54.2% | 47.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 41.6% | 39.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 81.7% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.5% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 37.9% | 36.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 77.9% | 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 17.3% | 25.6%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 5,020 | 175,832
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 17.4 | 21.7
Housing units, 2013 | 26,573 | 905,135
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 67.0% | 68.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 11.2% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $92,500 | $161,500
Households, 2008-2012 | 23,563 | 763,844
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.68 | 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $19,433 | $23,749
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $38,155 | $44,886
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.6% | 19.5%
Business QuickFacts | Chaves County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,433 | 43,883
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 16,970 | 602,715
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 1.9% | 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 3,107 | 120,916
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,032 | 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 | 1.4% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 23.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 31.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 661,458 | 17,122,725
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 10,589,286
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 836,078 | 24,469,997
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,392 | $12,429
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 92,362 | 3,734,300
Building permits, 2012 | 20 | 4,672
Geography QuickFacts | Chaves County | New Mexico
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6,065.28 | 121,298.15
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 10.8 | 17
FIPS Code | 5 | 35
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Roswell, NM Micro 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