Grant County, New Mexico Demographics

Grant County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Grant County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Grant County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Grant County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

Grant County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Grant County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

Grant County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Grant County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Grant County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Grant County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	29,388	15th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,961.6	14th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7.4	17th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	19th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	23rd	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.7%	6th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	11th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.5%	8th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	94.2%	6th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	21st	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.9%	27th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	21st	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	15th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	49.0%	13th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.9%	15th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.6%	10th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.2%	19th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	14,760	17th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.5%	16th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	12,367	15th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.6%	14th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$133,000	11th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	27th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	32nd	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$21,726	10th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$36,925	19th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.6%	24th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	654	15th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,877	14th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,244	16th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$261,444	16th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,747	21st	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$35,488	19th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732