Quay County, New Mexico Demographics

Quay County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

Quay County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Quay County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Quay County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

Quay County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Quay County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Quay County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Quay County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Quay County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Quay County is 16th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	8,769	26th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,874.3	23rd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.1	24th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	20th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	20th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.2%	7th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.3%	23rd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.9%	26th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	93.1%	12th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	15th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.1%	24th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	10th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	19th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	18th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	10th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	51.0%	3rd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	33rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	5,567	26th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.1%	25th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	3,686	26th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.8%	13th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,800	32nd	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	24th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	27th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$18,137	25th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$29,772	31st	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.2%	16th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Quay County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	238	24th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,979	24th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	443	27th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$143,904	23rd	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,018	4th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,946	22nd	$3,734,300	$613,795,732