Union County, New Mexico Demographics

Union County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Union County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Union County is 12th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Union County is 13th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - White

Union County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Union County is 15th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Size in square miles

Union County is 16th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per capita

Union County is 16th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Union County is 18th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	4,431	30th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,823.7	15th	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.2	30th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	30th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.8%	29th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.4%	12th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.2%	15th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.2%	18th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	93.0%	13th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	12th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.9%	16th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	27th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	23rd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	41.0%	20th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	54.6%	9th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	42.7%	33rd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	24th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	2,332	31st	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.0%	29th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	1,690	29th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	19th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,900	21st	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	21st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	24th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$20,476	16th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$42,230	9th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	32nd	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	123	27th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	976	27th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	456	26th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$27,509	29th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,399	26th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,557	29th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732