The population of Sierra county is estimated at 11,134. In 2017 there were 104 births and 241 deaths in Sierra county. Sierra county has 1,819 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,463 that are owned free and clear and 1,635 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sierra County filed 4,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all New Mexico filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Sierra had a combined total federal tax liability of $21,334,000 on earned income of $171,373,000. Other notable statistics from Sierra County were 170 unemployment claims which collected a total of $769,000 and 440 charitable contributions valued at $2,137,000. 480 filings from Sierra County paid a combined total of $956,000 in property taxes and 380 filings paid $2,593,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sierra county had 34 religious congregations with an estimated 3,269 members.
19.2% of the Sierra population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Sierra County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 28 votes.
At $30,356 the median income is 64.5% of the New Mexico average. An estimated 324 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sierra, the equivalant of around 7.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 8.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Sierra County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
784	Health care and social assistance
474	Retail trade
390	Accommodation and food services
256	Food services and drinking places
250	Restaurants and other eating places
134	Accommodation
126	Limited-service restaurants
121	Manufacturing
106	Other services (except public administration)
82	Finance and insurance
69	Gasoline stations
68	Credit intermediation and related activities
60	Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
57	Depository credit intermediation
50	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

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