People QuickFacts	Luna County	New Mexico
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	25,041	2,085,538
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	25,095	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.2%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	25,095	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.6%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	26.5%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	19.8%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.1%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	94.2%	83.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.4%	2.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.2%	10.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.6%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	62.5%	46.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	34.8%	40.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.3%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	16.3%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	49.0%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	69.8%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	14.0%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,311	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.1	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	10,927	908,132
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	69.4%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	9.5%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$91,300	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,222	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.70	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,281	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,921	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	30.8%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Luna County	New Mexico
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	416	44,221
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	4,621	600,165
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	32.9	9.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,001	120,470 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,320	157,231
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.7%	5.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	36.7%	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.7%	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	236,777	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,835	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	36,899	3,734,300
 	Building permits, 2011     	18	4,067

   	Geography QuickFacts	Luna County	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,965.19	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	8.5	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	029	35
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Deming, 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