People QuickFacts	Sierra County	New Mexico
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	11,895	2,085,538
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	11,988	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.8%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	11,988	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.7%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	16.1%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	30.9%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.9%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.7%	83.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.7%	2.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.5%	10.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.6%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	28.4%	46.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	67.6%	40.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	95.0%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.3%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	22.1%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.7%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.8%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,924	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	12.5	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,296	908,132
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	78.5%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.8%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$105,100	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,338	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.69	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,033	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$28,373	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.0%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sierra County	New Mexico
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	223	43,860
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	2,598	597,568
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	4.5%	-0.4%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	747	120,470 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	832	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    	12.4%	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	0	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	82,782	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,634	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	14,920	3,734,300
 	Building permits, 2012    	0	4,672

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sierra County	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4,178.96	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2.9	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	051	35
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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