Sierra County Facts

Census Statistics

	Sierra County	New Mexico
Population, 2003 estimate	13,125	1,874,614
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.1%	3.1%
Population, 2000	13,270	1,819,046
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	33.9%	20.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.8%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.1%	28.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	27.7%	11.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	87.0%	66.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	9.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	8.3%	17.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.5%	3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	26.3%	42.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	70.5%	44.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.6%	54.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.6%	8.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	21.6%	36.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.1%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,996	338,430
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.1	21.9?
Housing units, 2002	8,982	805,293
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.9%	70.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.6%	15.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$77,800	$108,100?
Households, 2000	6,113	677,971
Persons per household, 2000	2.13	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$24,152	$34,133
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,023	$17,261
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	20.9%	18.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	279	42,686
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,956	553,357
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.4%	0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	550	81,398
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	17,906,091
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	62,620	14,984,454
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,733	$8,697
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.2%	28.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.3%	29.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	X	12,066
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	100,477	17,477,521
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	4,180	121,356
Persons per square mile, 2000	3.2	15.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	051	35

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