Colfax County Facts

Census Statistics

	Colfax County	New Mexico
Population, 2003 estimate	14,051	1,874,614
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.0%	3.1%
Population, 2000	14,189	1,819,046
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.8%	20.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.4%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.1%	28.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.9%	11.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.3%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.5%	66.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	9.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	12.8%	17.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.6%	3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	47.5%	42.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	49.9%	44.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.4%	54.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.2%	8.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	26.6%	36.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.8%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.5%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,509	338,430
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	16.5	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	9,047	805,293
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.6%	70.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.7%	15.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$76,600	$108,100?
Households, 2000	5,821	677,971
Persons per household, 2000	2.37	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$30,744	$34,133
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,418	$17,261
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.8%	18.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	521	42,686
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,164	553,357
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.2%	0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	926	81,398
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	17,906,091
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	104,594	14,984,454
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,613	$8,697
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	35.0%	28.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.9%	29.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	X	12,066
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	77,760	17,477,521
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	3,757	121,356
Persons per square mile, 2000	3.8	15.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	007	35

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