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People QuickFacts | Sierra County | New Mexico
Population, 2012 estimate | 11,895 | 2,085,538
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 11,988 | 2,059,180
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.8% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 11,988 | 2,059,179
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 4.7% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 16.1% | 24.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 30.9% | 13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.9% | 50.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.7% | 83.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.5% | 10.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.6% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 28.4% | 46.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 67.6% | 40.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 95.0% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.3% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 22.1% | 36.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.7% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.8% | 25.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,924 | 176,805
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 12.5 | 21.8
Housing units, 2011 | 8,296 | 908,132
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.5% | 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.8% | 15.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $105,100 | $161,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 4,338 | 762,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.69 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,033 | $23,537
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $28,373 | $44,631
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.0% | 19.0%
Business QuickFacts | Sierra County | New Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 232 | 44,221
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,487 | 600,165
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 21.6 | 9.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 747 | 120,470
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, 2011 | 3 | 4,067
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