People QuickFacts	Eddy County	New Mexico
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	54,419	2,085,538
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	53,829	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.1%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	53,829	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.0%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.7%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.1%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.9%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.4%	83.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.8%	2.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.3%	10.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	44.7%	46.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	51.5%	40.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.9%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.4%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	30.8%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.6%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.7%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,472	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.2	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	22,642	908,132
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.8%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	8.7%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$96,200	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	19,557	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.68	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,088	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,725	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.8%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Eddy County	New Mexico
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,269	44,221
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	18,576	600,165
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	19.4	9.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,302	120,470 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,498	157,231
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.2%	1.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.6%	5.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	2.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.2%	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.4%	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	562,792	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,980	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	80,485	3,734,300
 	Building permits, 2011     	289	4,067

   	Geography QuickFacts	Eddy County	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4,175.73	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	12.9	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	015	35
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts