Rio Arriba County is located in northwestern New Mexico. The County Seat is Tierra Amarilla and the largest city is Espaňola. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.rio-arriba.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 39,777 and the 2010 census population was 40,247. The land area is 5,860.84 square miles and there are 6.9 persons per square mile.
78.3% of the population is White, 0.9% is Black or African American, 71.4% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% is Asian, 18% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.2% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.8% is two or more races. 79.2% have a high school degree or higher, and 16.4% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $133,300, there are 14,783 households, an average of 2.68 persons per household. The per capita income is $20,014, the median household income is $40,250, and 21.2% of the persons in Rio Arriba County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 2,628. Retail sales (in $1000) were $313,533, and sales per capita were $7,689. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 38.9%.
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