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Taos County, NM

34,475 Population
2,202.4 square miles 15.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,361 ±$2,952 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$55,145 ±$5,503 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

14.9% ±2% (5,087  ±693) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

22.6 minutes ±0.9 (266,475  ±27,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

13,736 ±569 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (34,015  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

0.6% ±0.5% (36  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

20,950 ±30 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$313,400 ±$29,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

7.9% ±1.7% (2,730  ±,594.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

93.4% ±5.3% (24,716  ±1,424.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
34.5% ±3.5% (9,120  ±933) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 29.1% 416,904 (±0.4% / ±5,033)
  • about the same as 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

5.2% (1,795  ±674) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

8.6% ±1.3% (2,472  ±369) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
2,472 Total veterans ±369 2,348 Male ±348 124 Female ±77

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