Mora County, New Mexico

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Mora County is a county located in New Mexico, in the Western Region (Mountain) of United States. In 2000, county's population was 5180 inhabitants. Its population in July 2008 was estimated to be about 5052, It is the seventh smallest in terms of population. The county has a total area of 1933.48 mi˛ (5007.69 square kilometre), of which, 1931.1 square miles (5001.53 square kilometre) of it is land and 2.38 square miles (6.16 square kilometre) of it is water, it is the sixth smallest by area in the U.S. state of New Mexico.


As of the census of 2000, there were 5180 people in the county, organized into 2017 households, and 1398 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.7 people per square mile (1.04/km˛), it is New Mexico's seventh least densely populated county. There were 2973 housing units at an average density of 1.5 per square mile (0.58/km˛). The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08. The population's age distribution was 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 102 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males. As of July 2008, the estimated population was 5052, The racial makeup of the county was 97.39% White, 0.38% Black or African American, 1.46% American Indian, 0.18% Asian, 0.02% Native Hawaiian, and 0.57% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $24518, making it the fifth lowest county by median household income in New Mexico. The median income for a family in the county was $27648, it is New Mexico's third poorest county by median family income. The per capita income for the county was $12340, it is New Mexico's fifth poorest county by per capita income.

In 2000, 1418 pupils and students, of which 751 are male and 667 are female, 27.37% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 94 nursery or pri school, 60 kindergarten, 615 elementary school, 437 high school and 212 College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Wagon Mound Village	Mora County	1.01	1.01	0	369	364.1	10459	17273

Year	Population
April 2000 census	5180
April 2000 Estimate	5180
July 2000 Estimate	5202
July 2001 Estimate	5183
July 2002 Estimate	5177
July 2003 Estimate	5176
July 2004 Estimate	5098
July 2005 Estimate	5041
July 2006 Estimate	5048
July 2007 Estimate	5053
July 2008 Estimate	5052

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	57	37	94
Kindergarten	41	19	60
Elementary school	314	301	615
High school	247	190	437
College or graduate school	92	120	212

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Mora County, New Mexico	$24518	$27648	$12340
New Mexico, United States	$34133	$39425	$17261
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587