Luna County, New Mexico Demographics

Luna County is 38th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Luna County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Foreign born residents

Luna County is 2nd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

Luna County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Luna County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Luna County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Luna County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Luna County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Luna County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Luna County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in People per household

Luna County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	25,041	18th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,965.2	22nd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8.5	15th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	7th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.5%	7th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.0%	10th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.8%	33rd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.0%	28th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	94.1%	7th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	16th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	22nd	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	20th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	8th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	30th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	63.2%	6th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	26th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.1%	15th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.3%	2nd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	10,927	19th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.5%	12th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	9,222	17th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.4%	24th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$91,300	25th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	11th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	29	13th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$16,281	30th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$30,921	29th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	30.8%	2nd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Luna County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	410	19th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,492	19th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,320	21st	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$236,777	18th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,835	19th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,899	18th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732