Chaves County, New Mexico (NM)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 7,405
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 15,986
Renter-occupied apartments: 7,288 (it was 6,575 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 29% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 6071 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.2 sq. mi.
Population density: 11 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (27.1%), Retail trade (11.5%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 74%
- Government: 20%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 37,40657.3%Hispanic or Latino
- 24,94938.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 9731.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 6851.0%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 6481.0%Asian alone
- 4420.7%Two or more races
- 2010.3%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 36.6 years |
New Mexico median age: | 38.6 years |
Males: 31,959 | ![]() |
Females: 32,656 | ![]() |

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Chaves County: | 2.0 people |
New Mexico: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $42,003 ($28,513 in 1999)
This county: | $42,003 |
New Mexico: | $51,945 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $604 (lower quartile is $446, upper quartile is $713)
This county: | $604 |
State: | $737 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $99,400 (it was $56,700 in 2000)
Chaves: | $99,400 |
New Mexico: | $180,900 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $961
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $341
Institutionalized population: 737
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 2
- Rapes: 13
- Robberies: 5
- Assaults: 40
- Burglaries: 288
- Thefts: 161
- Auto thefts: 43
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 7
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 31
- Burglaries: 240
- Thefts: 139
- Auto thefts: 33
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 146 buildings, average cost: $84,700
- 1998: 60 buildings, average cost: $90,200
- 1999: 34 buildings, average cost: $89,600
- 2000: 30 buildings, average cost: $122,700
- 2001: 27 buildings, average cost: $115,900
- 2002: 29 buildings, average cost: $117,100
- 2003: 55 buildings, average cost: $132,300
- 2004: 52 buildings, average cost: $164,300
- 2005: 78 buildings, average cost: $182,200
- 2006: 66 buildings, average cost: $198,800
- 2007: 54 buildings, average cost: $182,000
- 2008: 43 buildings, average cost: $253,300
- 2009: 25 buildings, average cost: $184,700
- 2010: 21 buildings, average cost: $225,900
- 2011: 33 buildings, average cost: $277,000
- 2012: 20 buildings, average cost: $204,100
- 2013: 63 buildings, average cost: $199,600
- 2014: 54 buildings, average cost: $200,900
- 2015: 70 buildings, average cost: $177,800
- 2016: 74 buildings, average cost: $170,100
- 2017: 66 buildings, average cost: $168,300
- 2018: 57 buildings, average cost: $166,500
- 2019: 55 buildings, average cost: $174,900
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $942 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $572 (0.7%)
Chaves County: | 18.0% |
New Mexico: | 18.2% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 36.6 years old
(Males: 35.0 years old, Females: 38.4 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 47.8 years old, Black residents: 33.6 years old, American Indian residents: 49.0 years old, Asian residents: 33.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.9 years old, Other race residents: 27.3 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chaves County is $365 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $466 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $610 a month.
Cities in this county include: Roswell, Southwest Chaves, Northwest Chaves, Southeast Chaves, Dexter, Hagerman, Midway, Lake Arthur, Northeast Chaves, Mountain View.
Neighboring counties: Desha County, Arkansas , Fayette County, Alabama
, Leflore County, Mississippi
, Morgan County, Georgia
, Paulding County, Georgia
, Wilbarger County, Texas
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Here: | 7.8% |
New Mexico: | 7.3% |
Current college students: 3,290
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 7,820 (47.7% naturalized citizens)
Chaves County: | 12.1% |
Whole state: | 9.6% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,4642010 or later
- 1,6502000 to 2009
- 1,5941990 to 1999
- 1,8831980 to 1989
- 1,6281970 to 1979
- 1,229Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 19,994
- One, attached: 971
- Two: 693
- 3 or 4: 477
- 5 to 9: 351
- 10 to 19: 199
- 20 to 49: 851
- 50 or more: 278
- Mobile homes: 3,549
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 114
Housing units in Chaves County with a mortgage: 7,763 (218 second mortgage, 225 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,899
Here: | 46.7% with mortgage |
State: | 52.9% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Chaves County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 17,026 | 59 |
Catholic | 14,031 | 6 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,193 | 11 |
Other | 1,399 | 10 |
Black Protestant | 448 | 3 |
None | 30,548 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Chaves County: | 1.44 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.44 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. |
New Mexico: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. |
New Mexico: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. |
Chaves County: | 4.16 / 10,000 pop. |
New Mexico: | 4.06 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.85 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Chaves County: | 8.1% |
New Mexico: | 6.4% |
Chaves County: | 25.6% |
State: | 22.1% |
Here: | 10.6% |
State: | 11.5% |
Agriculture in Chaves County:
Average size of farms: 4165 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $470,115
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $489.15
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 89.44%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $380,788
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.44%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 96.75%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $93,665
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 83.61%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.14
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 47.48%
All wheat for grain: 2169 harvested acres
Vegetables: 1,122 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 4,028 acres
Earthquake activity:
Chaves County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New Mexico state average. It is 426% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 222.0 miles away from Chaves County center
On 1/2/1992 at 11:45:35, a magnitude 5.0 (4.6 MB, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 105.3 miles away from the county center
On 3/26/2020 at 15:16:27, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MW, Depth: 5.9 mi) earthquake occurred 115.8 miles away from the county center
On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML) earthquake occurred 214.1 miles away from the county center
On 8/23/2011 at 05:46:18, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 MW, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 256.8 miles away from Chaves County center
On 1/29/1990 at 13:16:10, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 LG, Depth: 7.5 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 159.3 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- New Mexico Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4529, Natural disaster type: Other
- New Mexico Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: September 09, 2013 to September 22, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4152: October 29, 2013, FEMA Id: 4152, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
- New Mexico Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3229: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3229, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Mexico New Mexico Wildfire, Incident Period: May 05, 2000 to June 09, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1329: May 13, 2000, FEMA Id: 1329, Natural disaster type: Fire
- New Mexico New Mexico Fire, Incident Period: May 05, 2000 to July 07, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3154: May 10, 2000, FEMA Id: 3154, Natural disaster type: Fire
- New Mexico Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 22, 1997 to December 25, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1202: January 29, 1998, FEMA Id: 1202, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
The number of natural disasters in Chaves County (6) is a lot smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3
Emergencies Declared: 2
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20,655 (83.8%)
- Carpooled: 2,339 (9.5%)
- Bus: 266 (1.1%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 2 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 246 (1.0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (0.1%)
- Walked: 452 (1.8%)
- Worked at home: 626 (2.5%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Retail trade (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Other services, except public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care and social assistance (30%)
- Retail trade (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Other services, except public administration (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (12%)
- Material moving occupations (9%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (13%)
- Healthcare support occupations (12%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (10%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (8%)
- Personal care and service occupations (8%)
- Mexico (82%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Guatemala (2%)
- Thailand (1%)
- Canada (1%)
- Vietnam (1%)
- Pakistan (1%)
- American (8%)
- German (3%)
- English (3%)
- Irish (2%)
- European (1%)
- Scotch-Irish (0%)
- British (0%)
People in group quarters in Chaves County, New Mexico in 2000:
- 355 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 322 people in nursing homes
- 204 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 182 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 95 people in state prisons
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 9 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 9 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
People in group quarters in Chaves County, New Mexico in 2010:
- 792 people in college/university student housing
- 285 people in state prisons
- 216 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 204 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 186 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 55 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 19 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 13 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 12 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 2 people in group homes intended for adults
4.84% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,417 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.84% |
New Mexico average: | 6.21% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.91% relocated from other counties in New Mexico ($15,857 average AGI)
2.93% relocated from other states ($28,560 average AGI)
Chaves County: 2.93% New Mexico average: 3.55%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Eddy County, NM | ![]() |
from Bernalillo County, NM | ![]() |
from Lea County, NM | ![]() |
from Dona Ana County, NM | ![]() |
from Maricopa County, AZ | ![]() |
from Lincoln County, NM | ![]() |
from El Paso County, TX | ![]() |
5.46% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,204 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.46% |
New Mexico average: | 6.56% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.07% relocated to other counties in New Mexico ($14,736 average AGI)
3.39% relocated to other states ($30,468 average AGI)
Chaves County: 3.39% New Mexico average: 3.93%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Bernalillo County, NM | ![]() |
to Eddy County, NM | ![]() |
to Dona Ana County, NM | ![]() |
to El Paso County, TX | ![]() |
to Lincoln County, NM | ![]() |
to Lubbock County, TX | ![]() |
to Lea County, NM | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.8
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.3%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 10,662 (8,578 aged, 2,084 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,998 (18%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Chaves County, New Mexico in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,154)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (695)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (668)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (520)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (418)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (370)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (255)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (239)
- Unspecified dementia (199)
- Congestive heart failure (156)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 27%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 11,695
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 242
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 67,585
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,597
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 997
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 6
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 26
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 61
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 3
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 147.5. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 100.7
- Other - 46.8
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 210.8. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 128.8
- Other - 82.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 64,615- Male householders: 12,347 (4,495 living alone), Female householders: 12,324 (3,208 living alone)
10,117 spouses (9,980 opposite-sex spouses), 1,725 unmarried partners, (1,670 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 19,502 children (17,765 natural, 788 adopted, 949 stepchildren), 2,324 grandchildren, 523 brothers or sisters, 1,030 parents, 0 foster children, 1,544 other relatives, 776 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 2,403
Size of family households: 6,682 2-persons, 3,811 3-persons, 3,265 4-persons, 1,550 5-persons, 603 6-persons, 195 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,703 1-person, 830 2-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons.
9,548 married couples with children.
4,469 single-parent households (1,178 men, 3,291 women).
65.6% of residents of Chaves speak English at home.
33.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $375,625,000 ($6,094 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $24,173,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $155,345,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $63,146,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,629,000
Federal grants: $116,664,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,651,000 ($8,230,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $21,189,000 ($2,350,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $964,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $22,916,000
Federal Government insurance: $69,219,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,842Here: | 78 per 1000 residents |
State: | 74 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,977
Here: | 48 per 1000 residents |
State: | 36 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +878
Here: | +14 per 1000 residents |
State: | +15 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -2,162
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State: | ![]() ![]() |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 16.26 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 6.1 |
State: | 5.9 |
Here: | 5.1 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Chaves County, New Mexico
- 6752014 or later
- 4882010 to 2013
- 1,2022000 to 2009
- 3,6541990 to 1999
- 3,6411980 to 1989
- 3,6491970 to 1979
- 5,7081960 to 1969
- 5,5191950 to 1959
- 1,8711940 to 1949
- 1,0701939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chaves County, New Mexico
- 1221 room
- 1842 rooms
- 4423 rooms
- 1,4924 rooms
- 3,6085 rooms
- 4,1156 rooms
- 2,5727 rooms
- 1,9488 rooms
- 2,1799+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chaves County, New Mexico
- 2301 room
- 3062 rooms
- 5413 rooms
- 1,4084 rooms
- 2,6745 rooms
- 1,4166 rooms
- 9487 rooms
- 2388 rooms
- 2489+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Chaves County, New Mexico
- 260no bedroom
- 1771 bedroom
- 2,9732 bedrooms
- 9,9473 bedrooms
- 2,7464 bedrooms
- 5595+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chaves County, New Mexico
- 230no bedroom
- 6661 bedroom
- 2,7342 bedrooms
- 3,9543 bedrooms
- 2604 bedrooms
- 1655+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Chaves County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 645no vehicle
- 5,0581 vehicle
- 6,8112 vehicles
- 3,2193 vehicles
- 7214 vehicles
- 2085+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Chaves County in renter-occupied apartments
- 906no vehicle
- 3,5521 vehicle
- 2,3392 vehicles
- 1,1363 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 765+ vehicles
83.8% of Chaves County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in New Mexico.
Chaves County: | 83.8% |
State average: | 86.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 36,995
- Other state: 19,080
- Northeast: 1,904
- Midwest: 3,314
- South: 6,653
- West: 7,209
- 48.2%Utility gas
- 44.0%Electricity
- 5.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.8%Wood
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 0.1%Solar energy
- 56.1%Electricity
- 39.8%Utility gas
- 2.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.7%Wood
- 0.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.5%Other fuel
- 0.2%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 3.5% |
New Mexico: | 7.6% |
Here: | 10.2% |
New Mexico: | 6.7% |
Here: | 44.2% |
New Mexico: | 11.1% |
Chaves County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $878,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $637,000
Housing and Community Development: $430,000
General Public Buildings: $57,000
Correctional Institutions: $52,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $5,834,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,749,000
Police Protection: $3,328,000
Regular Highways: $2,655,000
Financial Administration: $1,998,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,796,000
Central Staff Services: $1,483,000
General Public Buildings: $947,000
Natural Resources - Other: $694,000
Local Fire Protection: $519,000
Housing and Community Development: $266,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $189,000
Solid Waste Management: $153,000
Hospitals: $76,000
Public Welfare - Other: $73,000
Health - Other: $64,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $3,673,000
Other: $45,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $554,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Hospitals: $1,313,000
Other - General - Other: $791,000
Other - Public Welfare - Other: $162,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $135,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $834,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $602,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,188,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,467,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,722,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $506,000
General Revenue - Other: $71,000
Sale of Property: $65,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $1,502,000
Natural Resources - Other: $698,000
Central Staff Services: $302,000
Regular Highways: $178,000
Police Protection: $131,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $70,755,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $491,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $8,722,000
General Local Government Support: $788,000
Highways: $607,000
- Tax - Property: $10,842,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,451,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,908,000
Chaves County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $878,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $637,000
Housing and Community Development: $430,000
General Public Buildings: $57,000
Correctional Institutions: $52,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $5,834,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,749,000
Police Protection: $3,328,000
Regular Highways: $2,655,000
Financial Administration: $1,998,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,796,000
Central Staff Services: $1,483,000
General Public Buildings: $947,000
Natural Resources - Other: $694,000
Local Fire Protection: $519,000
Housing and Community Development: $266,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $189,000
Solid Waste Management: $153,000
Hospitals: $76,000
Public Welfare - Other: $73,000
Health - Other: $64,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $3,673,000
Other: $45,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $554,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Hospitals: $1,313,000
Other - General - Other: $791,000
Other - Public Welfare - Other: $162,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $135,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $834,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $602,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,188,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,467,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,722,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $506,000
General Revenue - Other: $71,000
Sale of Property: $65,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $1,502,000
Natural Resources - Other: $698,000
Central Staff Services: $302,000
Regular Highways: $178,000
Police Protection: $131,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $70,755,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $491,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $8,722,000
General Local Government Support: $788,000
Highways: $607,000
- Tax - Property: $10,842,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,451,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,908,000
Chaves County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $878,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $637,000
Housing and Community Development: $430,000
General Public Buildings: $57,000
Correctional Institutions: $52,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $5,834,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,749,000
Police Protection: $3,328,000
Regular Highways: $2,655,000
Financial Administration: $1,998,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,796,000
Central Staff Services: $1,483,000
General Public Buildings: $947,000
Natural Resources - Other: $694,000
Local Fire Protection: $519,000
Housing and Community Development: $266,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $189,000
Solid Waste Management: $153,000
Hospitals: $76,000
Public Welfare - Other: $73,000
Health - Other: $64,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $3,673,000
Other: $45,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $554,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Hospitals: $1,313,000
Other - General - Other: $791,000
Other - Public Welfare - Other: $162,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $135,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $834,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $602,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,188,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,467,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,722,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $506,000
General Revenue - Other: $71,000
Sale of Property: $65,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $1,502,000
Natural Resources - Other: $698,000
Central Staff Services: $302,000
Regular Highways: $178,000
Police Protection: $131,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $70,755,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $491,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $8,722,000
General Local Government Support: $788,000
Highways: $607,000
- Tax - Property: $10,842,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,451,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,908,000
Chaves County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $878,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $637,000
Housing and Community Development: $430,000
General Public Buildings: $57,000
Correctional Institutions: $52,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $5,834,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,749,000
Police Protection: $3,328,000
Regular Highways: $2,655,000
Financial Administration: $1,998,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,796,000
Central Staff Services: $1,483,000
General Public Buildings: $947,000
Natural Resources - Other: $694,000
Local Fire Protection: $519,000
Housing and Community Development: $266,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $189,000
Solid Waste Management: $153,000
Hospitals: $76,000
Public Welfare - Other: $73,000
Health - Other: $64,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $3,673,000
Other: $45,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $554,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Hospitals: $1,313,000
Other - General - Other: $791,000
Other - Public Welfare - Other: $162,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $135,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $834,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $602,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,188,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,467,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,722,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $506,000
General Revenue - Other: $71,000
Sale of Property: $65,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $1,502,000
Natural Resources - Other: $698,000
Central Staff Services: $302,000
Regular Highways: $178,000
Police Protection: $131,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $70,755,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $491,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $8,722,000
General Local Government Support: $788,000
Highways: $607,000
- Tax - Property: $10,842,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,451,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,908,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 2,150
- Number of aged recipients: 292
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,858
- Number of recipients under 18: 276
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,329
- Number of recipients older than 64: 545
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 873
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 891
Most common first names in Chaves County, NM among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 324 | 73.2 years |
William | 305 | 75.2 years |
James | 298 | 72.7 years |
Mary | 289 | 76.9 years |
Robert | 230 | 70.5 years |
George | 187 | 76.7 years |
Charles | 180 | 74.0 years |
Frank | 122 | 75.3 years |
Ruth | 115 | 78.0 years |
Helen | 114 | 78.3 years |
Most common last names in Chaves County, NM among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 183 | 74.3 years |
Johnson | 100 | 76.5 years |
Brown | 91 | 79.9 years |
Jones | 89 | 75.4 years |
Davis | 86 | 74.5 years |
Sanchez | 80 | 68.1 years |
Williams | 76 | 78.5 years |
Miller | 73 | 75.1 years |
Garcia | 70 | 69.6 years |
Taylor | 66 | 76.7 years |
Businesses in Chaves County, NM | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ace Hardware | 1 | La-Z-Boy | 2 | |
Albertsons | 1 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
AutoZone | 2 | Marriott | 1 | |
Best Western | 2 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 3 | |
Big O Tires | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | McDonald's | 3 | |
Church's Chicken | 2 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
Circle K | 1 | Nike | 4 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | OfficeMax | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Payless | 2 | |
Dairy Queen | 2 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Days Inn | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Discount Tire | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
FedEx | 6 | Rue21 | 1 | |
Foot Locker | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 4 | |
Ford | 1 | Sam's Club | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | Sprint Nextel | 1 | |
Goodwill | 2 | Starbucks | 2 | |
H&R Block | 2 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Hilton | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Target | 1 | |
Holiday Inn | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
IHOP | 1 | U-Haul | 2 | |
JCPenney | 1 | UPS | 6 | |
Jones New York | 3 | Walgreens | 2 | |
KFC | 2 | Walmart | 1 | |
Kmart | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
La Quinta | 1 |
Chaves County on our top lists:
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"