People QuickFacts	Roosevelt County	New Mexico
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	20,419	2,085,538
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	19,846	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.9%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	19,846	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.9%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	26.5%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.5%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.6%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	92.3%	83.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.5%	2.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.0%	10.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.2%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.9%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	40.3%	46.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	54.6%	40.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	77.1%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	8.1%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	26.0%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.1%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.4%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,295	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.8	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,230	908,132
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	59.4%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.8%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$104,300	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,888	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.72	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,689	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,841	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	25.2%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Roosevelt County	New Mexico
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	354	44,221
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	4,048	600,165
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	54.4	9.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	862	120,470 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,254	157,231
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	37.3%	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	166,682	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,752	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	17,635	3,734,300
 	Building permits, 2011     	63	4,067

   	Geography QuickFacts	Roosevelt County	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,447.43	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	8.1	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	041	35
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Portales, 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