Dona Ana County, New Mexico Demographics

Dona Ana County is 33rd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Dona Ana County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Dona Ana County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Dona Ana County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Dona Ana County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Dona Ana County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Housing units

Dona Ana County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Dona Ana County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Dona Ana County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Dona Ana County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales

Dona Ana County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	214,445	2nd	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,807.5	16th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	55	5th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	9th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.3%	8th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	28th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.1%	30th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.5%	6th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	92.5%	16th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.1%	8th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.1%	23rd	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	9th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	10th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	25th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	5th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	27th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.8%	8th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	18.1%	1st	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	82,980	2nd	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.9%	3rd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	72,748	2nd	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.1%	29th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$141,900	9th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.8	8th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	951	2nd	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$19,077	22nd	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$37,223	18th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.6%	7th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dona Ana County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,630	3rd	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	49,011	2nd	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,497	3rd	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,925,550	3rd	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,715	16th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$238,748	3rd	$3,734,300	$613,795,732