Santa Fe County, New Mexico (NM)

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% of renters here:	31%
State:	30%

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Races in Santa Fe County, New Mexico:

Median resident age:	37.9 years
New Mexico median age:	34.6 years

Males: 63,246	(48.9%)
Females: 66,046	(51.1%)

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Santa Fe County:	2.4 people
New Mexico:	2.6 people

This county:	$51,413
New Mexico:	$41,452

Santa Fe County:	$302,700
New Mexico:	$155,400

This county:	$771
State:	$531

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 22
• Robberies: 9
• Assaults: 560
• Burglaries: 654
• Thefts: 302
• Auto thefts: 119

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 35
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 410
• Burglaries: 401
• Thefts: 359
• Auto thefts: 215

Santa Fe County:	16.4%
New Mexico:	18.1%

Area name: Santa Fe, NM MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Santa Fe County is $693 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $843 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1103 a month.

Cities in this county include: Santa Fe, Eldorado at Santa Fe, Rio Communities, La Cienega, Agua Fria, Edgewood, Rio Communities North, La Puebla, Pojoaque, El Valle de Arroyo Seco.

2005 air pollution in Santa Fe County:

Carbon Monoxide: 1 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 15 µg/m³. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 36 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 4.5 µg/m³. Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 9 µg/m³. Significantly below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bernalillo County , Los Alamos County , Mora County , Rio Arriba County , Sandoval County , Sandoval County , San Miguel County , Torrance County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Santa Fe County: Chimayo Boy Scout Camp (A), Watson Ranch (B), West Otto Site (C), Archuleta Ranch (D), Aspen Basin Recreation Area (E), Aspen Cabin (F), Aspen Forrest Service Station (G), Wl Williams Ranch (H), Dolores Ranch (I), Aspen Ranch (J), Aspen Vista Picnic Area (K), BLM Recreation Site (L), Duram Laboratories Incorporated (M), Cow Spring Well (N), Cow Spring Windmill (O), Dyer Ranch (P), Bar S Ranch (Q), Davis Ranch (R), J Yates Ranch (S), Jacona Ranch (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Santa Fe County include: Sangre De Cristo Novitiate (A), Our Lady of Light Church Historic Site (B), San Franciso Church (C), San Francisco de Assisi Church (D), San Diego Church (E), Black Mesa Church (F), Nuestra Senora de la Luz Church (G), Sacred Heart Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Ojo de Vaca Cemetery (1), Madrid Cemetery (2), La Bajada Cemetery (3), Mountain Valley Cemetery (4), Golden Cemetery (5), Black Mesa Cemetery (6), Stanley Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Lake Katherine (A), Santa Fe Lake (B), Johnson, Lake (C), Nambe Lake (D), Stewart Lake (E), Galisteo Lake (F), Big Lake (G), Spirit Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Viejo, Arroyo (A), Colorado, Canada (B), Colorado, Arroyo (C), Deer Creek (D), North Fork Tesuque Creek (E), Juanita Lopez Creek (F), Ortega Creek (G), Buey, Canada de (H), San Lazaro, Arroyo (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Santa Fe County include: DAR Monument (1), Pueblo of Tesuque Historical Marker (2), Seton Village Historical Marker (3), Santa Fe Recreation Area (4), La Bajada Historical Marker (5), Gold and Turquoise Historical Marker (6), Pecos National Historic Park (7), Garden of the Gods Historical Marker (8), Pueblo of Nambe Historical Marker (9). Display/hide their locations on the map Post offices: Stanley Post Office (A), La Loma Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	2.8%
New Mexico:	3.3%

Current college students: 8,294
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 36.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,075 (27% naturalized citizens)

Santa Fe County:	10.1%
Whole state:	8.2%

Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 35,379
• One, attached: 4,140
• Two: 1,292
• 3 or 4: 1,854
• 5 to 9: 1,604
• 10 to 19: 1,798
• 20 or more: 2,507
• Mobile homes: 9,006
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 121

Housing units in Santa Fe County with a mortgage: 16,869 (2,161 second mortgage, 1,548 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,366

Here:	66.8% with mortgage
State:	63.6% with mortgage

Santa Fe County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above New Mexico state average. It is 7.2 times below overall U.S. average.

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 45,449 (71%) Carpooled: 10,111 (16%) Bus or trolley bus: 376 (1%) Streetcar or trolley car: 68 (0%) Subway or elevated: 21 (0%) Railroad: 13 (0%) Ferryboat: 17 (0%) Taxi: 67 (0%) Motorcycle: 56 (0%) Bicycle: 296 (0%) Walked: 1,974 (3%) Other means: 518 (1%) Worked at home: 4,687 (7%)

7.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($61,975 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.74%
New Mexico average:	7.94%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($698 average AGI)

Santa Fe County:	0.10%
New Mexico average:	0.21%

2.58% relocated from other counties in New Mexico ($12,423 average AGI)
5.07% relocated from other states ($48,854 average AGI)

Santa Fe County:	5.07%
New Mexico average:	4.63%

from Bernalillo County, NM	1.07% ($38,660 average AGI)
from Rio Arriba County, NM	0.38% ($28,784)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.25% ($91,368)
from Sandoval County, NM	0.22% ($41,735)
from San Miguel County, NM	0.22% ($30,264)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.15% ($90,065)
from Los Alamos County, NM	0.15% ($65,803)

7.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,847 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.61%
New Mexico average:	7.42%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($395 average AGI)

Santa Fe County:	0.07%
New Mexico average:	0.14%

3.63% relocated to other counties in New Mexico ($18,194 average AGI)
3.91% relocated to other states ($26,258 average AGI)

Santa Fe County:	3.91%
New Mexico average:	4.16%

to Bernalillo County, NM	1.61% ($35,429 average AGI)
to Sandoval County, NM	0.66% ($40,979)
to Rio Arriba County, NM	0.39% ($28,081)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.19% ($50,755)
to San Miguel County, NM	0.17% ($29,874)
to Los Alamos County, NM	0.15% ($96,260)
to Dona Ana County, NM	0.13% ($33,687)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.9

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 16,964 (14,468 aged, 2,496 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 102,569 (24,027 male householders, 8,973 female householders)

  24,610 spouses, 35,437 children (32,682 natural, 1,134 adopted, 1,621 stepchildren), 2,587 grandchildren, 1,082 brothers or sisters, 797 parents, 1,926 other relatives, 3,130 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 24,350 (8,520 male householders (6,388 living alone)), 10,961 female householders (9,030 living alone)), 4,869 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,373 (1,207 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 14,234 2-persons, 7,875 3-persons, 6,525 4-persons, 2,732 5-persons, 1,092 6-persons, 542 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,418 1-person, 3,595 2-persons, 286 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

63.1% of residents of Santa Fe County speak English at home.
33.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,180,726,000 ($8512 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $60,141,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $333,169,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $88,216,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $11,207,000
Federal grants: $635,084,000
Federal procurement contracts: $37,170,000 ($12,282,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $75,880,000 ($17,285,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,046,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $42,571,000
Federal Government insurance: $52,185,000

Here:	59 per 1000 residents
State:	74 per 1000 residents

Here:	27 per 1000 residents
State:	36 per 1000 residents

Here:	+28 per 1000 residents
State:	+15 per 1000 residents

Here:	+23 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.54 millions of gallons per day (76% from ground, 24% from surface)

Here:	5.7
State:	5.6

Here:	3.9
State:	4.0

56% of Santa Fe County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in New Mexico.

Santa Fe County:	55.8%
State average:	55.7%

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

• This state: 63622
• Northeast: 10971
• Midwest: 13268
• South: 12163
• West: 14740

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $146,600

Here:	13.3%
New Mexico:	8.2%

Here:	15.0%
New Mexico:	7.8%

Here:	28.8%
New Mexico:	11.9%