Bernalillo County, New Mexico Demographics

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Housing units

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Bernalillo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	673,460	1st	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,160.8	31st	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	570.8	1st	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	16th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	17th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.1%	27th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.6%	8th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.6%	3rd	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	85.3%	26th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.4%	4th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.6%	9th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	2nd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	3rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.9%	2nd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	15th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	22nd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.9%	6th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.0%	7th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	285,191	1st	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.6%	1st	15.0%	25.9%
Households	261,525	1st	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.4%	31st	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$191,400	4th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	23rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,289	1st	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$26,638	4th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$48,231	5th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.6%	25th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bernalillo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	15,756	1st	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	239,337	1st	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	53,235	1st	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,396,128	1st	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,942	5th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,398,044	1st	$3,734,300	$613,795,732