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People QuickFacts |
Roswell |
New Mexico |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
45,582 | 1,954,599 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
0.6% | 7.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
45,293 | 1,819,046 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.4% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
28.5% | 28.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
16.0% | 11.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.8% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
71.0% | 66.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.5% | 1.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.3% | 9.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.3% | 3.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
44.3% | 42.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
53.8% | 54.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
10.8% | 8.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
33.3% | 36.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
73.8% | 78.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.9% | 23.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
16.2 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
19,327 | 780,579 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
68.4% | 70.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$60,100 | $108,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
17,068 | 677,971 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.58 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$27,252 | $34,133 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$14,589 | $17,261 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
22.6% | 18.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Roswell |
New Mexico |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
156,427 | 8,993,729 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
464,872 | 18,328,637 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,427 | $9,879 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
55,682 | 2,771,474 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,222 | 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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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 21.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
17.6% | 30.9% |
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