Sierra County, New Mexico Demographics

Sierra County is 12th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sierra County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sierra County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sierra County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Two or More

Sierra County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Sierra County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sierra County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Sierra County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

Sierra County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Sierra County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Sierra County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	11,895	25th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,179.0	12th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.9	25th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	31st	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.4%	32nd	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	32.0%	1st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.7%	12th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	15th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	93.7%	9th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	31st	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.4%	19th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	31st	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	6th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	29th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.2%	3rd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.0%	16th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	23rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	8,296	22nd	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.8%	22nd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	4,338	25th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.5%	11th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$105,100	18th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	13th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	25th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$17,033	29th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$28,373	32nd	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.0%	17th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	223	26th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,598	23rd	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	832	25th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$82,782	28th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,634	29th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,920	26th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732