Chaves County, New Mexico Demographics

Chaves County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Chaves County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Chaves County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

Chaves County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Chaves County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Chaves County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Chaves County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales

Chaves County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Chaves County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Chaves County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	65,784	10th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6,065.3	4th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	10.8	13th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.8%	6th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.9%	4th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.3%	22nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.4%	29th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	20th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	92.6%	15th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.6%	5th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.0%	26th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	15th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	13th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	24th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	10th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	18th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.3%	14th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.3%	4th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	26,724	8th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.1%	11th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	23,740	8th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.4%	25th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,000	27th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	18th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	20	14th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$18,764	23rd	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$37,293	17th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.3%	15th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chaves County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,419	7th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	16,653	8th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,032	10th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$836,078	7th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,392	7th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$92,362	10th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732