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Los Alamos County Facts

Census Statistics

	Los Alamos County	New Mexico
Population, 2003 estimate	18,802	1,874,614
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.5%	3.1%
Population, 2000	18,343	1,819,046
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	1.3%	20.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.6%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.8%	28.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.1%	11.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.3%	66.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	9.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.7%	17.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	11.7%	42.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.1%	44.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.6%	54.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.7%	8.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.5%	36.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	96.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	60.5%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,935	338,430
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	15.2	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	8,318	805,293
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.6%	70.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	23.9%	15.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$228,300	$108,100?
Households, 2000	7,497	677,971
Persons per household, 2000	2.43	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$78,993	$34,133
Per capita money income, 1999	$34,646	$17,261
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	2.9%	18.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	421	42,686
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	6,231	553,357
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.8%	0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	736	81,398
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	17,906,091
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	74,087	14,984,454
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,065	$8,697
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	13.5%	28.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	39.7%	29.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	163	12,066
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,058,999	17,477,521
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	109	121,356
Persons per square mile, 2000	167.8	15.0
Metropolitan Area	Santa Fe, NM MSA	?
FIPS Code	028	35

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