Lea County, New Mexico Demographics

Lea County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lea County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lea County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lea County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lea County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lea County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lea County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Lea County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Lea County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lea County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	66,338	8th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,390.9	11th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.7	10th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	9.0%	2nd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.6%	2nd	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	32nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.5%	31st	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.8%	29th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	91.8%	19th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.4%	2nd	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	29th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	24th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	24th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	28th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	11th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	41.0%	21st	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	48.6%	28th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.7%	3rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	24,944	10th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	10th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	21,238	9th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.5%	23rd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,900	24th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.9	6th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	83	9th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$20,578	14th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$46,781	7th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.7%	23rd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lea County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,589	6th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	21,588	6th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,313	8th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$765,930	8th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,217	9th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$85,079	11th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732