New Mexico Census Data: Households & Families

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New Mexico Census Data: Households & Families

Household and Family statistics for New Mexico counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

New Mexico Census Data: Households & Families
Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
New Mexico	677,971	68.8	34.7	50.4	13.2	31.2	25.4	8.2	2.63	3.18	New Mexico
Bernalillo Co.	220,936	63.9	31.4	46.0	12.9	36.1	28.5	7.9	2.47	3.06	Bernalillo Co.
Catron Co.	1,584	65.7	22.3	55.4	7.6	34.3	30.1	11.4	2.23	2.75	Catron Co.
Chaves Co.	22,561	71.3	35.6	52.7	13.7	28.7	24.8	11.6	2.66	3.17	Chaves Co.
Cibola Co.	8,327	75.4	38.0	50.6	18.3	24.6	21.1	7.3	2.95	3.41	Cibola Co.
Colfax Co.	5,821	68.3	30.3	52.8	10.3	31.7	27.7	11.9	2.37	2.86	Colfax Co.
Curry Co.	16,766	70.8	38.0	54.0	12.8	29.2	25.5	9.0	2.62	3.15	Curry Co.
De Baca Co.	922	66.7	27.2	56.6	7.3	33.3	30.8	18.0	2.35	2.96	De Baca Co.
Dona Ana Co.	59,556	72.1	38.4	52.4	14.7	27.9	21.3	6.9	2.85	3.36	Dona Ana Co.
Eddy Co.	19,379	72.6	35.6	56.1	11.9	27.4	24.2	10.7	2.63	3.12	Eddy Co.
Grant Co.	12,146	70.1	31.3	52.7	12.9	29.9	25.7	10.7	2.50	3.01	Grant Co.
Guadalupe Co.	1,655	69.2	33.8	49.5	14.3	30.8	27.9	11.5	2.51	3.05	Guadalupe Co.
Harding Co.	371	62.5	22.1	52.6	7.5	37.5	35.3	21.0	2.18	2.84	Harding Co.
Hidalgo Co.	2,152	71.7	37.5	53.8	13.6	28.3	25.3	10.7	2.72	3.29	Hidalgo Co.
Lea Co.	19,699	74.7	39.3	57.8	12.2	25.3	22.5	9.9	2.73	3.20	Lea Co.
Lincoln Co.	8,202	68.7	26.2	55.6	9.3	31.3	26.7	10.0	2.34	2.80	Lincoln Co.
Los Alamos Co.	7,497	71.2	33.5	62.7	5.7	28.8	24.9	6.7	2.43	2.92	Los Alamos Co.
Luna Co.	9,397	70.2	33.9	53.6	12.4	29.8	26.4	14.0	2.64	3.20	Luna Co.
McKinley Co.	21,476	77.7	46.0	47.7	22.7	22.3	19.5	5.3	3.44	3.99	McKinley Co.
Mora Co.	2,017	69.3	31.2	50.5	11.9	30.7	26.9	10.6	2.54	3.08	Mora Co.
Otero Co.	22,984	73.1	37.1	57.5	11.8	26.9	23.3	8.1	2.66	3.14	Otero Co.
Quay Co.	4,201	67.7	28.9	52.1	12.0	32.3	28.9	13.8	2.37	2.90	Quay Co.
Rio Arriba Co.	15,044	71.9	36.9	48.8	15.9	28.1	23.5	7.8	2.71	3.19	Rio Arriba Co.
Roosevelt Co.	6,639	68.4	35.5	53.0	11.7	31.6	24.7	9.1	2.60	3.14	Roosevelt Co.
Sandoval Co.	31,411	75.2	38.6	57.7	12.2	24.8	19.9	6.9	2.84	3.29	Sandoval Co.
San Juan Co.	37,711	76.7	42.0	55.7	14.7	23.3	19.3	6.4	2.99	3.43	San Juan Co.
San Miguel Co.	11,134	67.7	34.6	44.5	16.4	32.3	26.6	8.2	2.58	3.10	San Miguel Co.
Santa Fe Co.	52,482	62.5	30.4	45.5	11.7	37.5	29.4	7.4	2.42	3.01	Santa Fe Co.
Sierra Co.	6,113	59.2	20.4	47.5	8.6	40.8	35.9	19.3	2.13	2.75	Sierra Co.
Socorro Co.	6,675	67.3	33.8	48.4	13.3	32.7	26.8	8.2	2.62	3.20	Socorro Co.
Taos Co.	12,675	61.2	29.9	42.7	12.7	38.8	32.1	8.9	2.34	2.98	Taos Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
New Mexico	677,971	68.8	34.7	50.4	13.2	31.2	25.4	8.2	2.63	3.18	New Mexico
Torrance Co.	6,024	72.9	37.8	55.4	12.3	27.1	23.2	7.9	2.72	3.20	Torrance Co.
Union Co.	1,733	67.9	31.1	54.7	9.1	32.1	30.0	14.9	2.40	2.99	Union Co.
Valencia Co.	22,681	76.5	39.6	57.2	13.1	23.5	18.8	6.4	2.86	3.25	Valencia Co.

Reading the Chart:

The entries under the Percent of total households headings are percentages. The "Family households Total" and "Nonfamily households Total" percentages add up to approximately 100%. The subheadings underneath do not add up to 100%, because they do not include all the types of households. For example, there is no subheading for "Male householder, no wife present.". The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

The entries under the Average population per- heading are averages of the number of people in each family or household. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

Total Households counts households, not people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest household count of any county in the state. For example, the county with the most households will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many households will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Census Department definitions:

A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied (or if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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