Roswell, New Mexico Demographics

Roswell is 5th in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Roswell is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Households

Roswell is 5th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Housing units

Roswell is 6th in New Mexico out of 36 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Roswell is 6th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Roswell is 6th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Roswell is 7th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Roswell is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Roswell is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Size in square miles

Roswell is 9th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	48,477	5th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	29.9	7th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,619.9	7th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	8.4%	10th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.3%	12th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	18th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.7%	33rd	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.8%	26th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	69.9%	29th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.5%	6th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	38th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	23rd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	25th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	18th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	42.0%	22nd	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	51.3%	17th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.5%	9th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	19,743	5th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.2%	23rd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	17,810	5th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.9%	28th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$86,000	38th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	25th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$18,523	31st	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$35,723	31st	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.7%	21st	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Roswell	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,264	7th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$788,265	6th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,285	16th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$88,922	6th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732