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Quay County, NM

8,564 Population
2,874 square miles 3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,573 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,946 ±$14,822 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.1% ±5.1% (2,300  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.4 minutes ±1.7 (37,875  ±7,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,389 ±240 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (8,484  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.4% (10  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,536 ±29 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,200 ±$16,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±4.7% (1,017  ±405.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±7.5% (5,776  ±513.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±4.1% (1,229  ±258) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% (51  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±2.8% (772  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
772 Total veterans ±192 691 Male ±195 81 Female ±69

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