El Paso County vs. Otero County

	El Paso County (TX)	Otero County (NM)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	840,758	66,781
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	5.0%	4.6%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	800,653	63,832
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	800,647	63,797
Persons under 5 years, percent	7.5%	6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent	27.1%	23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	12.3%	17.2%
Female persons, percent	50.7%	48.3%
White alone, percent	92.0%	82.7%
Black or African American alone, percent	3.9%	4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	1.0%	8.5%
Asian alone, percent	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.2%	0.3%
Two or More Races, percent	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	83.0%	38.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	11.6%	48.4%
Veterans, 2014-2018	48,167	8,070
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	24.8%	11.4%
Housing units, July 1, 2018, (V2018)	299,638	31,834
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	61.4%	65.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$119,100	$108,300
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,202	$955
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$397	$285
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$812	$814
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	23.4%	7.1%
Households, 2014-2018	265,724	23,391
Persons per household, 2014-2018	3.10	2.66
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	85.3%	80.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	71.3%	28.1%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	84.8%	84.7%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	74.6%	75.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	77.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	22.8%	19.0%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	9.6%	11.6%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	22.6%	10.7%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	59.0%	49.9%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	53.7%	49.6%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	1,384,416	164,664
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	9,180,623	567,703
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$11,096	$8,596
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	23.4	18.5
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$44,597	$42,752
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$20,763	$22,477
Persons in poverty, percent	20.5%	20.3%
Total employer establishments, 2017	14,569	967
Total employment, 2017	237,385	12,262
Total annual payroll, 2017 ($1,000)	7,629,075	379,044
Total employment, percent change, 2016-2017	0.7%	0.2%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2017	61,763	3,356
All firms, 2012	67,321	3,918
Men-owned firms, 2012	35,681	1,805
Women-owned firms, 2012	26,471	1,442
Minority-owned firms, 2012	54,163	1,388
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	10,989	2,244
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	4,871	561
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	60,209	3,012
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	1.1%	1.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	61.4%	19.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	27.1%	32.9%
Population per square mile, 2010	790.6	9.6
Land area in square miles, 2010	1,012.69	6,613.21

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between El Paso county (TX) and Otero county (NM) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.