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People QuickFacts |
Taos County |
New Mexico |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
31,546 | 1,984,356 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
5.2% | 9.1% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
29,979 | 1,819,041 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
5.8% | 7.4% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
20.8% | 25.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
15.5% | 12.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
51.0% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
90.2% | 84.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.7% | 2.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
7.1% | 9.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.5% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.3% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
54.8% | 44.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
37.3% | 42.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
64.4% | 54.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.1% | 8.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
52.4% | 36.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
79.1% | 78.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
25.9% | 23.5% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
5,942 | 338,430 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.5 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
18,904 | 862,067 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.5% | 70.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
9.7% | 15.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$150,400 | $108,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
12,675 | 677,971 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.34 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$33,409 | $41,509 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,103 | $17,261 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
17.6% | 17.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Taos County |
New Mexico |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
1,264 | 45,9401 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
9,482 | 628,6811 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
11.7% | 14.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
3,515 | 117,752 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
4,226 | 136,711 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 5.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
33.4% | 21.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
33.5% | 30.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 10,168,130 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,419 | 8,993,729 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
258,622 | 18,328,637 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,389 | $9,880 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
87,148 | 2,771,474 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
198 | 9,2061 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
210,790 | 22,417,6381 |
