Lincoln County, New Mexico Demographics

Lincoln County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

Lincoln County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lincoln County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

Lincoln County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Lincoln County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Lincoln County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

Lincoln County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	20,309	20th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,831.1	8th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.2	22nd	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	25th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.6%	30th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.2%	5th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.5%	10th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.9%	7th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	94.0%	8th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	26th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.2%	13th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	26th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	9th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	31st	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	28th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.9%	4th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.9%	5th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	14th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	17,704	15th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.1%	9th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	9,108	18th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.1%	12th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$168,900	6th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.2	32nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	49	11th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$25,647	6th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$44,557	8th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.4%	31st	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	708	14th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,106	18th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,100	13th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$245,639	17th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,791	12th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$60,207	15th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732