Rio Rancho, New Mexico Demographics

Rio Rancho is 2nd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Size in square miles

Rio Rancho is 3rd in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Rio Rancho is 3rd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Rio Rancho is 4th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Rio Rancho is 4th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Households

Rio Rancho is 4th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Housing units

Rio Rancho is 5th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Rio Rancho is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Income per household

Rio Rancho is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Rio Rancho is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	90,818	3rd	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	103.3	2nd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	846.8	29th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	26th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.1%	13th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.8%	36th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	5th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.2%	11th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	76.0%	18th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.9%	5th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.2%	15th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	6th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	3rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.7%	5th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	30th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	10th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	51.3%	20th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.6%	24th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	33,964	4th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.4%	30th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	30,856	4th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	8th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$182,300	11th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	19th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$26,916	11th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$58,649	5th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.1%	41st	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rio Rancho	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,222	4th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$905,268	5th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,793	27th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$62,943	10th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732