People QuickFacts	Socorro County	New Mexico
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	17,603	2,085,538
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	17,864	2,059,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.5%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	17,866	2,059,179
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.6%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.8%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.8%	13.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.7%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	83.3%	83.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.2%	2.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.1%	10.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.4%	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)     	48.3%	46.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	37.8%	40.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	92.4%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.4%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	43.8%	36.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	77.8%	83.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.1%	25.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,521	176,805
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.1	21.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,100	908,132
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	75.6%	69.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	8.2%	15.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$115,900	$161,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,694	762,002
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.04	2.62
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,206	$23,537
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$34,148	$44,631
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	27.4%	19.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Socorro County	New Mexico
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	248	44,221
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	2,810	600,165
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	10.2	9.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	893	120,470 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,035	157,231
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	30.1%	23.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	35.3%	31.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	17,122,725
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	10,589,286
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	126,228	24,469,997
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,955	$12,429
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,224	3,734,300
 	Building permits, 2011     	0	4,067

   	Geography QuickFacts	Socorro County	New Mexico
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	6,646.68	121,298.15
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2.7	17.0
 	FIPS Code    	053	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