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Sierra County, NM

11,506 Population
4,181.2 square miles 2.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,396 ±$3,244 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$35,256 ±$8,832 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

25.2% ±6.6% (2,834  ±742) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

14.8 minutes ±2.3 (47,745  ±9,282) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

5,285 ±280 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.1 ±0.1 (11,240  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.1% ±4.6% (60  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

8,115 ±29 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$138,400 ±$14,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

4.8% ±2.6% (546  ±,298.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

90.4% ±7.6% (8,283  ±,720.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
19.7% ±4% (1,810  ±,369.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 29.1% 416,904 (±0.4% / ±5,033)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

4.2% (482  ±262) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

14.4% ±2.4% (1,388  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,388 Total veterans ±235 1,304 Male ±215 84 Female ±95

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