People QuickFacts	Artesia	New Mexico
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	11,371	2,078,674
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	11,302	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	11,301	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.1%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.7%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.2%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.3%	50.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	74.5%	68.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	2.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.6%	9.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.4%	3.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	51.8%	46.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	45.2%	40.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.8%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	32.0%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.3%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.1%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	817	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.8	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	4,724	901,388
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	70.1%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	10.7%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$110,000	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,916	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.81	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,821	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$43,926	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.6%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Artesia	New Mexico
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	894	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    	16.1%	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.1%	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	126,147	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,803	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,798	3,734,300

   	Geography QuickFacts	Artesia	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	9.92	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,139.6	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	05220	35
 	Counties    	Eddy County
 	

(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