Valencia County, New Mexico Demographics

Valencia County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Valencia County is 4th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Valencia County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Current population (2012)

Valencia County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Home ownership rate

Valencia County is 6th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Households

Valencia County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Housing units

Valencia County is 7th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Valencia County is 8th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Valencia County is 9th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Valencia County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Income per household

Valencia County is 10th in New Mexico out of 33 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	76,631	6th	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,066.2	32nd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	71.8	4th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	14th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	10th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	24th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.4%	17th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	22nd	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	90.1%	22nd	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	13th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.2%	10th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	16th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	13th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	58.8%	7th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	35.4%	25th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	49.5%	20th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	13th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	30,533	7th	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.7%	26th	15.0%	25.9%
Households	27,389	6th	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.4%	6th	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$132,700	12th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	12th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	107	8th	4,672	829,658

Income Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$19,995	18th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$41,388	10th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.1%	12th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Valencia County	Rank	New Mexico	US
Non-farm private establishments	882	13th	43,860	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,712	12th	597,568	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,183	9th	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$571,343	10th	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,995	23rd	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$55,675	17th	$3,734,300	$613,795,732