People QuickFacts Gallup New Mexico Population, 2011 estimate 22,329 2,078,674 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 21,678 2,059,180 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 3.0% 0.9% Population, 2010 21,678 2,059,179 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.3% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 30.5% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.7% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.2% 50.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 35.2% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.2% 2.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 43.8% 9.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.0% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.8% 3.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 31.7% 46.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 22.1% 40.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.5% 84.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.4% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 32.9% 36.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 79.4% 83.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.8% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,215 176,805 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.7 21.8  Housing units, 2010 8,097 901,388 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.8% 69.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.3% 15.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $129,800 $161,800 Households, 2007-2011 5,925 762,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.48 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,544 $23,537 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,990 $44,631 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.6% 19.0%     Business QuickFacts Gallup New Mexico Total number of firms, 2007 4,069 157,231 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 52.3% 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 12.5% 23.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 40.0% 31.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 17,122,725 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 153,940 10,589,286 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 685,161 24,469,997 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $34,922 $12,429 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 103,413 3,734,300     Geography QuickFacts Gallup New Mexico Land area in square miles, 2010 18.91 121,298.15 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,146.1 17.0 FIPS Code 28460 35 Counties McKinley 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