Silver City, New Mexico Demographics

Silver City is 6th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Female residents

Silver City is 7th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Silver City is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Silver City is 9th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - White

Silver City is 9th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Silver City is 13th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Silver City is 16th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Silver City is 16th in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Silver City is 17th in New Mexico out of 36 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Silver City is 18th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Households

Size Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	10,273	19th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10.1	30th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,018.6	22nd	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	29th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	35th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	7th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.9%	20th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.2%	13th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	81.6%	9th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	19th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	31st	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	24th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	37th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	19th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	20th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	52.3%	6th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.5%	20th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	4,900	19th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.0%	9th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	4,473	18th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.1%	25th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$125,400	23rd	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.2	41st	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$20,084	24th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$29,558	39th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.6%	22nd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Silver City	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,300	16th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$239,069	16th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$23,168	8th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$27,672	17th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732