Hidalgo County, New Mexico Demographics

Hidalgo County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Hidalgo County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Hidalgo County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Hidalgo County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Hidalgo County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

Hidalgo County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Hidalgo County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Hidalgo County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Hidalgo County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Hidalgo County is 19th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	4,794	27th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,436.9	19th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.4	29th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	12th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	14th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.7%	13th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.4%	21st	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.6%	19th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	96.0%	1st	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	19th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	32nd	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	22nd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	32nd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	9th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	19th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	49.5%	19th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.8%	15th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	2,350	30th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	27th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	1,621	30th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.7%	28th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,500	26th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	3.0	5th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	29th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$17,770	26th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$35,532	23rd	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.7%	10th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hidalgo County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	90	29th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	738	28th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	310	30th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$113,382	25th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,609	2nd	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,853	28th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732