Taos County, NM Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Taos County, New Mexico

People QuickFactsTaos CountyNew Mexico
Population, 2005 estimate 31,7221,928,384
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.8%6.0%
Population, 2000 29,9791,819,046
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.7%7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 21.0%25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 14.3%12.2%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.9%50.8%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)90.7%84.5%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.7%2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)7.1%10.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.8%1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)55.2%43.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 37.2%43.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 64.4%54.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.1%8.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 52.4%36.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.1%78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 25.9%23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 5,942338,430
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.521.9
Housing units, 2005 18,406838,668
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.5%70.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.7%15.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $150,400$108,100
Households, 2000 12,675677,971
Persons per household, 2000 2.342.63
Median household income, 2003 $28,777$35,091
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,103$17,261
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 19.4%17.7%
Business QuickFactsTaos CountyNew Mexico
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,21944,2051
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 8,855580,5761
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 4.3%5.7%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 3,337112,223
Total number of firms, 2002 4,226136,711
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA5.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 33.4%21.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 33.5%30.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA10,168,130
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 15,4198,993,729
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 258,62218,328,637
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,389$9,880
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 87,1482,771,474
Building permits, 2005 30814,1801
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 213,62419,863,9671
Geography QuickFactsTaos CountyNew Mexico
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,203121,355
Persons per square mile, 2000 13.615.0
FIPS Code 05535
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Taos, NM Micro Area

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
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:35 EST
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