Home       Site Nav

Welcome to the Land of Enchantment!
Sierra County, New Mexico
Geography Quick Facts
 Sierra County New Mexico 
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
4,180
121,356
 Persons per square mile, 2000 3.2 15.0
Elevation 4260 ft  
 Metropolitan Area None  

 

Average monthly temperatures High Low
January 54 27
February 59 30
March 65 36
April 75 44
May 83 52
June 92 66
July 92 66
August 89 64
September 85 58
October 75 47
November 62 35
December 53 27

 

People Quick Facts Sierra County New Mexico
 Population, 2000 13,270 1,819,046
 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 33.9% 20.1%
 White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 87.0% 66.8%
 Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 1.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.5% 9.5%
 Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 1.1%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
 Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 8.3% 17.0%
 Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.5% 3.6%
 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 20.1% 28.0%
 Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 26.3% 42.1%
 High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 4,768 692,616
 College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 633 188,336
 Homeownership rate, 1990 73.3% 67.4%
 Single family homes, number 1990 3,197 416,182
 Households, 1990 4,431 543,825
 Persons per household, 1990 2.16 2.73
 Family households, 1990 2,883 394,958
 Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $20,724 $30,836
 Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.4% 19.3%
 Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 40.9% 27.5%

 
Business Quick Facts Sierra County New Mexico
 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 313 42,608
 Private nonfarm employment, 1998 1,931 540,186
 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 55.9% 29.2%
 Nonemployer establishments, 1997 585 96,964
 Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 17,906,091
 Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 62,620 14,984,454
 Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,733 $8,697
 Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA 26,729
 Women-owned firms, 1992 252 40,636
 Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 X 9,7161
 Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 97,620 13,580,214
 Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 404 69,941

1: Includes data not distributed by 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

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

Last Revised: Wednesday, 09-May-2001 12:21:25 EDT