Los Alamos County, New Mexico Demographics

Los Alamos County is 1st out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Los Alamos County is 3rd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Los Alamos County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Los Alamos County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Los Alamos County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Los Alamos County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Los Alamos County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Los Alamos County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Los Alamos County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	18,159	21st	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	109.2	33rd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	164.4	2nd	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	21st	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	18th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	18th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	98.6%	1st	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	63.9%	1st	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	89.7%	23rd	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	30th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	33rd	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.2%	1st	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	12th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	32nd	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	2nd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	49.7%	18th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.3%	8th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	8,312	21st	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.3%	2nd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	7,484	20th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.0%	9th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$300,700	1st	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	25th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	18th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$49,873	1st	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$104,914	1st	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.7%	33rd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Los Alamos County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	366	20th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	0	32nd	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,496	19th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$97,901	27th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,279	30th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,726	23rd	$3,734,300	$613,795,732