Chaves County, New Mexico (NM)

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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

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

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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%)

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 .

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)

• 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

Religion statistics for Chaves County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Chaves County:

Earthquake activity:

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

4.84% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,417 average adjusted gross income)

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%

from Eddy County, NM	0.63% ($46,962 average AGI)
from Bernalillo County, NM	0.30% ($30,828)
from Lea County, NM	0.19% ($34,846)
from Dona Ana County, NM	0.15% ($36,290)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.12% ($39,731)
from Lincoln County, NM	0.11% ($40,478)
from El Paso County, TX	0.11% ($29,957)

5.46% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,204 average adjusted gross income)

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%

to Bernalillo County, NM	0.47% ($38,520 average AGI)
to Eddy County, NM	0.39% ($39,915)
to Dona Ana County, NM	0.23% ($37,292)
to El Paso County, TX	0.17% ($44,556)
to Lincoln County, NM	0.16% ($72,353)
to Lubbock County, TX	0.13% ($54,393)
to Lea County, NM	0.12% ($33,240)

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

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Chaves County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 27%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%

Household type by relationship:

• 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:

Here:	-35 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 16.26 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• 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 houses/apartments in Chaves County, New Mexico

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• 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 houses/apartments in Chaves County, New Mexico

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• 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, New Mexico in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• 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.

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

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

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+)"