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New Mexico Census Data: Occupied Housing

Occupied Housing 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: Occupied Housing
LocationTotal populationOccupied housing unitsLocation
TotalOwnerRenterAverage household sizePercent
Owner1-person house­holdsWith house­holder 65 years and over
United States

281,421,906

105,480,101

69,815,753

35,664,348

2.5966.225.821.0United States
New Mexico

1,819,046

677,971

474,445

203,526

2.6370.025.420.2New Mexico
Bernalillo Co.556,678220,936140,63480,3022.4763.728.518.6Bernalillo Co.
Catron Co.3,5431,5841,2763082.2380.630.128.5Catron Co.
Chaves Co.61,38222,56116,0006,5612.6670.924.826.4Chaves Co.
Cibola Co.25,5958,3276,4141,9132.9577.021.121.2Cibola Co.
Colfax Co.14,1895,8214,2241,5972.3772.627.726.8Colfax Co.
Curry Co.45,04416,7669,9586,8082.6259.425.520.0Curry Co.
De Baca Co.2,2409227192032.3578.030.837.9De Baca Co.
Dona Ana Co.174,68259,55640,20819,3482.8567.521.319.5Dona Ana Co.
Eddy Co.51,65819,37914,3914,9882.6374.324.225.3Eddy Co.
Grant Co.31,00212,1469,0413,1052.5074.425.727.4Grant Co.
Guadalupe Co.4,6801,6551,2224332.5173.827.926.8Guadalupe Co.
Harding Co.810371279922.1875.235.344.5Harding Co.
Hidalgo Co.5,9322,1521,4626902.7267.925.324.4Hidalgo Co.
Lea Co.55,51119,69914,3015,3982.7372.622.522.6Lea Co.
Lincoln Co.19,4118,2026,3361,8662.3477.226.727.4Lincoln Co.
Los Alamos Co.18,3437,4975,8941,6032.4378.624.918.5Los Alamos Co.
Luna Co.25,0169,3977,0432,3542.6474.926.432.6Luna Co.
McKinley Co.74,79821,47615,5445,9323.4472.419.515.7McKinley Co.
Mora Co.5,1802,0171,6633542.5482.426.926.9Mora Co.
Otero Co.62,29822,98415,3727,6122.6666.923.320.6Otero Co.
Quay Co.10,1554,2012,9681,2332.3770.628.930.3Quay Co.
Rio Arriba Co.41,19015,04412,2812,7632.7181.623.520.5Rio Arriba Co.
Roosevelt Co.18,0186,6394,1632,4762.6062.724.721.9Roosevelt Co.
Sandoval Co.89,90831,41126,2575,1542.8483.619.918.8Sandoval Co.
San Juan Co.113,80137,71128,4199,2922.9975.419.317.6San Juan Co.
San Miguel Co.30,12611,1348,1422,9922.5873.126.620.1San Miguel Co.
Santa Fe Co.129,29252,48235,98516,4972.4268.629.417.6Santa Fe Co.
Sierra Co.13,2706,1134,5781,5352.1374.935.940.1Sierra Co.
Socorro Co.18,0786,6754,7461,9292.6271.126.819.9Socorro Co.
Taos Co.29,97912,6759,5703,1052.3475.532.119.8Taos Co.
LocationTotal populationOccupied housing unitsLocation
TotalOwnerRenterAverage household sizePercent
Owner1-person house­holdsWith house­holder 65 years and over
United States

281,421,906

105,480,101

69,815,753

35,664,348

2.5966.225.821.0United States
New Mexico

1,819,046

677,971

474,445

203,526

2.6370.025.420.2New Mexico
Torrance Co.16,9116,0245,0559692.7283.923.218.5Torrance Co.
Union Co.4,1741,7331,2654682.4073.030.030.8Union Co.
Valencia Co.66,15222,68119,0353,6462.8683.918.818.4Valencia Co.

Reading the Chart:

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

Under the Occupied housing units heading, the Total, Owner, and Renter subheadings are counts of housing units. The Owner and Renter values add up to the Total value. Similarly to Total Population, the colored bars represent percentages of the highest housing count of any county in the state.

The entries under the Average household size heading are averages of the number of people in each housing unit. 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.

The entries under the Percent heading are percentages. The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

Census Department definitions:

Housing unit. A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.
Occupied housing unit. A housing unit is occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation or business. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters.

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

Please note that if you set your browser to display very large text sizes, the table cell sizes will change, and the lengths of the colored bars will not be accurate, although they will still show proportions.

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