Curry County, New Mexico Demographics

Curry County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Curry County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Curry County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

Curry County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Two or More

Curry County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Curry County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Curry County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Curry County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Curry County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Curry County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	49,938	12th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,404.8	30th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	34.4	7th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	8.7%	3rd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.9%	5th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.4%	31st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.4%	18th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.2%	14th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	86.6%	25th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	1st	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.9%	28th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	4th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	11th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.8%	4th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	39.7%	23rd	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	13th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	49.1%	23rd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.2%	9th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	20,162	13th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.5%	5th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	17,498	11th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.6%	32nd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,400	19th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	19th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	182	5th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$20,553	15th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$40,397	11th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.7%	19th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Curry County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,069	10th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,759	10th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,745	14th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$591,302	9th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,109	10th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$68,312	13th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732