Eddy County, New Mexico Demographics

Eddy County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Eddy County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Eddy County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Eddy County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Eddy County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Eddy County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Eddy County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Eddy County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Eddy County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Housing units

Eddy County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	54,419	11th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,175.7	13th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12.9	12th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	11th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	9th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	23rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.6%	20th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.7%	24th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	93.5%	11th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	11th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	20th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	17th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	26th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	45.1%	17th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	12th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.0%	17th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	21st	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	22,642	11th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.7%	14th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	19,557	10th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.8%	16th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,200	23rd	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	15th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	378	4th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$26,088	5th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$47,725	6th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.8%	29th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Eddy County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,262	8th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,150	7th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,498	12th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$562,792	11th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,980	13th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$80,485	12th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732