People QuickFacts	Rio Rancho	New Mexico
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	71,607	1,954,599
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	38.3%	7.5%
  	Population, 2000    	51,765	1,819,046
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.5%	7.2%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	29.2%	28.0%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	11.7%	11.7%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.5%	50.8% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	78.4%	66.8%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.7%	1.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.4%	9.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.5%	1.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	4.1%	3.6%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	27.7%	42.1% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	49.0%	54.4%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	4.8%	8.2%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	16.4%	36.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	91.2%	78.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	24.8%	23.5%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	27.6	21.9 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	20,209	780,579
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	81.5%	70.0%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$112,900	$108,100 			
  	Households, 2000    	18,995	677,971
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.70	2.63
  	Median household income, 1999    	$47,169	$34,133
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$20,322	$17,261
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	5.1%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Rio Rancho	New Mexico
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	44,920	8,993,729
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	438,773	18,328,637
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$7,824	$9,879
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	51,483	2,771,474
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,123	136,711
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	5.0%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.7%	21.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	29.1%	30.9% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Rio Rancho	New Mexico
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	73	121,355
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	705.1	15.0
  	FIPS Code    	63460	35
 	Counties    	Bernalillo County
 Sandoval 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts