Quay County, New Mexico (NM)

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County population in July 2007: 8,971 (58% urban, 42% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,963
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,238

% of renters here:	29%
State:	30%

Land area: 2875 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.9 sq. mi.

Population density: 3 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Quay County: 78.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.3%), Retail trade (16.8%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (11.7%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 58%
Government: 24%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 16%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Quay County, New Mexico business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Quay County, New Mexico:

White Non-Hispanic (58.6%)
Hispanic (38.0%)
Other race (12.1%)
Two or more races (2.7%)
American Indian (2.1%)
Black (0.8%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	41.5 years
New Mexico median age:	34.6 years

Males: 4,920	(48.4%)
Females: 5,235	(51.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $24,276
County population in 2003: 9,637
Jobs in 2003: 3,277

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Total labor force in 2004: 4,100
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.3%

Average household size:

Quay County:	2.4 people
New Mexico:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $30,231 ($24,894 in 1999)

This county:	$30,231
New Mexico:	$41,452

2007 median house/condo value: $86,570 ($54,000 in 2000)

Quay County:	$86,570
New Mexico:	$155,400

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $304 (lower quartile is $169, upper quartile is $406)

This county:	$304
State:	$531

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,020
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $184

Institutionalized population: 176

Quay County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Quay County New Mexico:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 64.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 34.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $282 (0.5%)

Quay County household income distribution in 2007

Quay County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	20.9%
Whole state:	18.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	6.9%
Whole state:	7.8%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Quay County is $390 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $615 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tucumcari, Logan, Napi HQ, San Jon, House, House-Forrest, Logan-Nara Visa.

Neighboring counties: Curry County , De Baca County , Guadalupe County , Harding County , Roosevelt County , San Miguel County , Union County , Deaf Smith County, Texas , Hartley County, Texas , Oldham County, Texas .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Quay County: Ivory Windmill (A), Wagley (B), Houghton Well (C), Dean Ranch (D), Wallace (E), Wallace Ranch (F), Wallin (G), Wallin Well (H), Wallus (I), Waltman (J), Ward Well (K), Weaning Pasture Windmill (L), West (M), House Windmill (N), Dennis Ranch (O), West Well (P), Whatley (Q), Wheat Windmill (R), White (S), Church Windmill (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Quay County include: Nara Vista Assembly of God (A), Juana de Darca Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Ima Cemetery (1), Obar Cemetery (2), Cherokee Valley Cemetery (3), House Cemetery (4), Newhome Cemetery (5), Gerhardt Cemetery (6), Wheatland Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Caballo Lake (A), Burk Lake (B), Capps Lake (C), Law Lake (D), Tank Lake (E), Blue Hole (F), Tucumcari Lake (G), Snyder Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dog Canyon Creek (A), San Jon Creek (B), West Fork Nara Visa Arroyo (C), North Fork Minneosa Creek (D), Bull Canyon Creek (E), Wilson Creek (F), Puerto Creek (G), Puerto, Arroyo del (H), Bradley Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Quay County include: Tucumcari Mountain Historical Marker (1), Comanche Country Historical Marker (2), Ute Lake State Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post offices: Bard Post Office (A), Nara Visa Post Office (B), Glenrio Post Office (C), McAlister Post Office (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.6%
New Mexico:	3.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 413
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 73.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 345 (32% naturalized citizens)

Quay County:	3.4%
Whole state:	8.2%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 71 1990 to 1994: 49 1985 to 1989: 88 1980 to 1984: 15 1975 to 1979: 26 1970 to 1974: 60 1970 to 1974: 9 1965 to 1969: 27

Mean travel time to work: 15.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.6%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,710
One, attached: 87
Two: 93
3 or 4: 63
5 to 9: 170
10 to 19: 79
20 or more: 29
Mobile homes: 1,367
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 66

Housing units in Quay County with a mortgage: 718 (50 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,095

Here:	39.6% with mortgage
State:	63.6% with mortgage

Agriculture in Quay County
Average size of farms: 2780 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $38951
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $71.98
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.35%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 88.18%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $47851
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.30%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 42.74%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $57820
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.53%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.60
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.02%
All wheat for grain: 16211 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 64 acres

Quay County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above New Mexico state average. It is 2.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/3/1961, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
Construction (13%)
Educational services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (19%)
Accommodation and food services (15%)
Health care (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Social assistance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Cashiers (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (65%)
Philippines (10%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
India (4%)
Korea (4%)
Germany (3%)
Panama (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Quay County:

United States or American (12%)
English (10%)
German (10%)
Irish (7%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (2%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Quay County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,898 (73%)
Carpooled: 707 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
Bicycle: 5 (0%)
Walked: 146 (4%)
Other means: 18 (0%)
Worked at home: 214 (5%)

People in group quarters in Quay County, New Mexico

102 people in nursing homes
74 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $28,924.

6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,505 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.79%
New Mexico average:	7.94%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.43% relocated from other counties in New Mexico ($12,544 average AGI)
3.36% relocated from other states ($13,961 average AGI)
Quay County: 3.36%
New Mexico average: 4.63%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Curry County, NM	0.73% ($17,045 average AGI)
from Bernalillo County, NM	0.47% ($21,714)

8.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,723 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.17%
New Mexico average:	7.42%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.03% relocated to other counties in New Mexico ($11,855 average AGI)
4.13% relocated to other states ($10,867 average AGI)
Quay County: 4.13%
New Mexico average: 4.16%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Curry County, NM	0.92% ($24,679 average AGI)
to Bernalillo County, NM	0.85% ($20,615)
to Roosevelt County, NM	0.43% ($21,000)
to Randall County, TX	0.36% ($17,364)
to Potter County, TX	0.33% ($24,700)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0

Births per 1000 population in Quay County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population in Quay County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Quay County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,128 (1,802 aged, 326 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 27%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 10.55
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 8404.510
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 263.630
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 48012.23

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1317.640
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1447.240
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 10.8

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 19.95
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 64.8

Household type by relationship

Households: 9,969

In family households: 8,465 (2,155 male householders, 706 female householders)
2,200 spouses, 2,861 children (2,547 natural, 68 adopted, 246 stepchildren), 186 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 92 other relatives, 181 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,504 (539 male householders (459 living alone)), 808 female householders (756 living alone)), 157 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 186 (174 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,432 2-persons, 634 3-persons, 467 4-persons, 215 5-persons, 94 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,215 1-person, 118 2-persons, 14 3-persons.

72.7% of residents of Quay County speak English at home.
25.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 53% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $85,221,000 ($8987 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,710,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $31,252,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,841,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,803,000
Federal grants: $27,910,000
Federal procurement contracts: $542,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,874,000 ($302,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $665,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,519,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,377,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 562

Here:	61 per 1000 residents
State:	74 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 623

Here:	67 per 1000 residents
State:	36 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +63

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	+15 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -873

Here:	-94 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Quay County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.94 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 92
1995 to 1998: 307
1990 to 1994: 215
1980 to 1989: 750
1970 to 1979: 1,012
1960 to 1969: 931
1950 to 1959: 825
1940 to 1949: 914
1939 or earlier: 618

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Quay County, New Mexico:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 30 3 rooms: 150 4 rooms: 499 5 rooms: 812 6 rooms: 711 7 rooms: 396 8 rooms: 192 9+ rooms: 173

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Quay County, New Mexico:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 105 3 rooms: 188 4 rooms: 291 5 rooms: 312 6 rooms: 207 7 rooms: 96 8 rooms: 19 9+ rooms: 13

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Quay County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 146 2 bedrooms: 916 3 bedrooms: 1,519 4 bedrooms: 304 5+ bedrooms: 78

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Quay County:
	no bedroom: 15 1 bedroom: 265 2 bedrooms: 519 3 bedrooms: 374 4 bedrooms: 65 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Quay County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 134 1 vehicle: 894 2 vehicles: 1,113 3 vehicles: 583 4 vehicles: 173 5+ vehicles: 66

Cars and other vehicles available in Quay County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 232 1 vehicle: 657 2 vehicles: 264 3 vehicles: 52 4 vehicles: 11 5+ vehicles: 22

63% of Quay County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Mexico.

Quay County:	63.1%
State average:	55.7%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 6223
Northeast: 161
Midwest: 728
South: 1935
West: 733

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,900

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (47%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%) Electricity (15%) Wood (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (64%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%) Electricity (10%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18

Here:	1.4%
New Mexico:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7

Here:	1.0%
New Mexico:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18

Here:	5.2%
New Mexico:	11.9%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Quay County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $484,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,335,000
Corrections - Other: $991,000

General - Other: $375,000

Fire Protection: $229,000

Police Protection: $223,000

Financial Administration: $176,000

Central Staff Services: $165,000

Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $162,000

General Public Buildings: $52,000

Solid Waste Management: $21,000

Health Services - Other: $11,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000
General - Interest on Debt: $13,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $260,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $225,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $35,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $87,000
Interest Earnings: $64,000

Rents: $6,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,501,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,032,000
Highways: $705,000

General Support: $302,000
Tax - Property: $1,228,000
Total General Sales: $694,000

NEC: $62,000

Other Selective Sales: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,124,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Quay County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)