Roosevelt County, New Mexico Demographics

Roosevelt County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Roosevelt County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Roosevelt County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Roosevelt County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Roosevelt County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Roosevelt County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

Roosevelt County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Roosevelt County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Roosevelt County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Roosevelt County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	20,419	19th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,447.4	24th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8.1	16th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	8.1%	4th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.0%	6th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	29th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.1%	22nd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.4%	10th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	92.7%	14th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.2%	7th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.0%	25th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	11th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	18th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	21st	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	54.7%	8th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	49.4%	21st	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.1%	10th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	8,230	23rd	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.8%	7th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	6,888	21st	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.4%	33rd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,300	20th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	10th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	42	12th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$17,689	27th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$35,841	22nd	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.2%	9th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Roosevelt County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	342	21st	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,980	20th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,254	22nd	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$166,682	20th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,752	20th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,635	24th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732