Harding County, New Mexico Demographics

Harding County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Harding County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Harding County is 1st in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Harding County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Harding County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Harding County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Harding County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Harding County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

Harding County is 17th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Harding County is 18th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

Harding County is 19th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Harding County is 20th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	707	33rd	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,125.4	27th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.3	33rd	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	29th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.5%	31st	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	29.4%	3rd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	3rd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.3%	21st	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	95.8%	2nd	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	23rd	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	30th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	18th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	30th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	33rd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	42.0%	19th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.7%	6th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	47.9%	31st	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.6%	17th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	514	33rd	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.0%	31st	15.0%	25.9%
Households	300	33rd	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	88.3%	1st	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$59,800	33rd	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.2	31st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	30th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$19,534	20th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$30,208	30th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.1%	13th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	10	33rd	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	0	33rd	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	33rd	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,270	33rd	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$1,789	33rd	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$276	31st	$3,734,300	$613,795,732