Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Demographics

Rio Arriba County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Rio Arriba County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Rio Arriba County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Rio Arriba County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

Rio Arriba County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Rio Arriba County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Rio Arriba County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

Rio Arriba County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

Rio Arriba County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Rio Arriba County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Rio Arriba County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	40,318	13th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	5,860.8	5th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.9	18th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	13th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	15th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	19th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.0%	24th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	23rd	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	78.5%	30th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	27th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	18.0%	4th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	19th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	7th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	22nd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	71.3%	4th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	32nd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.7%	9th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.2%	16th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	19,846	14th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.4%	28th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	14,987	13th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.2%	7th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$134,300	10th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	17th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	26th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$19,942	19th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$40,232	12th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	20th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rio Arriba County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	593	16th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,620	15th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,628	15th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$313,533	13th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,689	25th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$66,753	14th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732