San Miguel County, New Mexico Demographics

San Miguel County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

San Miguel County is 3rd in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

San Miguel County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income below poverty line

San Miguel County is 5th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

San Miguel County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

San Miguel County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

San Miguel County is 11th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Female residents

San Miguel County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Asian

San Miguel County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home median value

San Miguel County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

San Miguel County is 14th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	28,891	16th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,715.8	9th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.2	19th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	22nd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	22nd	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	16th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.3%	14th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.6%	9th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	92.4%	17th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	14th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.8%	17th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	12th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	5th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	21st	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	76.9%	3rd	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	29th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	50.4%	11th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	20th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	15,762	16th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.6%	15th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	12,010	16th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.0%	27th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$118,000	13th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.3	30th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	23rd	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$19,130	21st	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$32,332	27th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.2%	5th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	444	18th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,580	17th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,772	17th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$277,210	15th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,725	15th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$33,145	20th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732