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People QuickFacts |
Los Alamos County |
New Mexico |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
19,022 | 1,954,599 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
3.7% | 7.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
18,343 | 1,819,046 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
5.2% | 7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
22.5% | 26.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
12.7% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
49.1% | 50.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
91.8% | 84.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.5% | 2.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.8% | 9.8% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
5.3% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.5% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
13.6% | 44.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
78.6% | 42.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
59.6% | 54.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 8.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
11.5% | 36.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
96.3% | 78.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
60.5% | 23.5% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
1,935 | 338,430 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
15.2 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
8,653 | 850,095 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
78.6% | 70.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
23.9% | 15.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$228,300 | $108,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
7,497 | 677,971 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$94,640 | $37,838 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$34,646 | $17,261 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
3.2% | 16.7% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Los Alamos County |
New Mexico |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
423 | 45,0061 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
5,927 | 595,2491 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-6.5% | 8.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
1,115 | 116,614 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,399 | 136,711 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 5.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
14.5% | 21.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
25.0% | 30.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
NA | 10,168,130 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
98,213 | 8,993,729 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
92,295 | 18,328,637 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$5,060 | $9,880 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
21,181 | 2,771,474 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
44 | 13,5731 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
1,989,896 | 19,863,9671 |