Mora County, New Mexico Demographics

Mora County is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Mora County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Mora County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Mora County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Mora County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Mora County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mora County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Mora County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Mora County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Mora County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mora County is 17th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	4,705	28th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,931.3	28th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.5	27th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	4.1%	32nd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.7%	27th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	9th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.8%	7th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.6%	27th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	94.2%	5th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	22nd	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.9%	15th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	30th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	29th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	80.6%	1st	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	30th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	48.8%	27th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	31st	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	3,267	28th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	0.6%	32nd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	1,791	27th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.7%	3rd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$105,700	17th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	14th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	28th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$23,990	7th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$39,792	13th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.3%	26th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mora County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	48	32nd	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	299	30th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	409	28th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$14,120	30th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,799	31st	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	32nd	$3,734,300	$613,795,732