The population of Otero county is estimated at 65,184. In 2017 there were 976 births and 601 deaths in Otero county. Otero county has 9,403 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,177 that are owned free and clear and 7,884 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Otero County filed 26,310 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.9% of all New Mexico filings and 0.018% of the entire nation. Otero had a combined total federal tax liability of $153,443,000 on earned income of $1,080,221,000. Other notable statistics from Otero County were 680 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,994,000 and 2,710 charitable contributions valued at $15,083,000. 3,040 filings from Otero County paid a combined total of $5,146,000 in property taxes and 2,580 filings paid $17,478,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Otero county had 94 religious congregations with an estimated 25,900 members.
18.3% of the Otero population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 30% of Otero County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 7 votes.
At $43,338 the median income is 92.0% of the New Mexico average. An estimated 1,513 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Otero, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Otero County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,422	Accommodation and food services
2,241	Health care and social assistance
2,185	Retail trade
1,361	Food services and drinking places
1,304	Restaurants and other eating places
1,061	Accommodation
1,050	Traveler accommodation
734	Limited-service restaurants
683	Ambulatory health care services
526	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
522	Full-service restaurants
418	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
379	Administrative and support services
357	Other services (except public administration)
340	Information

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.13% in Otero County.

In 2018 8.41% of listings in Otero County.

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