Population
County Population, 2005: 40,828
County Licensed Drivers, 2005: 30,145
County Rank by Personal Income, 2005: 15
County Percent Population Ages 0-4, 2005: 8.1
County Percent Population Ages 5-17, 2005: 18.2
County Percent Population Ages 18-24, 2005: 9.8
County Estimated Housing Units, 2005: 18,571
Injury
County Crash Deaths, 2001-2005: 102
County Alcohol-Related Crash Deaths, 2001-2005: 59
County % Alcohol-Related Crash Deaths, 2001-2005: 57.8
County Crash Injuries, 2001-2005: 2,258
County Alcohol-Related Crash Injuries, 2001-2005: 497
County % Alcohol-Related Crash Injuries, 2001-2005: 22.0
County Alc-Related Crash Permanent Disabilities, 2001-2005: 300Injuries by Place
County Alc-Related Deaths in Urban Areas, 2001-2005: 3
County Percent Alc-Related Deaths in Urban Areas, 2001-2005: 5.1
County Alc-Related Injuries in Urban Areas, 2001-2005: 93
County Percent Alc-Related Injuries in Urban Areas, 2001-2005: 18.7
Injury Effects
County Percent of Families Alc-Related Crashes Affect, 2001-2005: 3.0
County Alcohol-Related Crash Economic Cost, 2005: $ 36,280,000
County Alc-Related Crash Economic Cost per Housing Unit, 2005: 1,954
County Eventual Alc-Related Crash Deaths: 400
County Eventual Alc-Related Crash Disabilities: 2,000
County Eventual Victims of Alc-Related Crashes: 16,300
County Rank for Severe Alc-Related Crash Rate per Capita: 3Crash Characteristics
County Percent Unbelted in Alc-Rel Crash Deaths, 2001-2005: 86.3
County Percent Alc-Related Crashes at Night, 2001-2005: 52.0
County Percent Alc-Related Crashes on Fri-Sat Night, 2001-2005: 20.9
County Percent Male Alc-Impaired Drivers in Crashes, 2001-2005: 78.2
County Percent Alc-Impaired Drivers in Crashes under age 30, 2001-2005: 47.9
County Percent Alc-Impaired Drivers in Crashes under age 21, 2001-2005: 20.0
County Percent Out-of-State Alc-Impaired Drivers in Crashes, 2001-2005: 4.2
Who is Driving Drunk
County Mean Arrest BAC for DWI Arrests, 2005: 0.174
County % Mean Arrest BAC for DWI Arrests Exceeds .08 limit, 2005: 117.4
No. of Drinks to Reach Mean BAC in 1 hour, for 160 lb. Driver: 9
No. of Drinks to Reach Mean BAC in 2 hours, for 160 lb. Driver: 10
County % of 2003-2005 DWI Arrested Drivers With 1 or More Prior Arrests Since July 1984: 59.1
County % of 2003-2005 DWI Arrested Drivers With >1 Prior Arrests Since July 1984: 38.8County % of 2000-2002 DWI Arrested Drivers Rearrested Within 12 Months: 12.0
County % of 2000-2002 DWI Arrested Drivers Rearrested Within 24 Months: 21.5
County % of 2000-2002 DWI Arrested Drivers Rearrested Within 36 Months: 31.9County % of 2000-2002 First-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 12 Months: 10.2
County % of 2000-2002 First-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 24 Months: 16.0
County % of 2000-2002 First-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 36 Months: 21.6County % of 2000-2002 Repeat-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 12 Months: 12.7
County % of 2000-2002 Repeat-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 24 Months: 20.4
County % of 2000-2002 Repeat-DWI-Arrest Drivers Rearrested Within 36 Months: 27.9
DWI Enforcement
County DWI Arrests, 2005: 468
County % of Drivers Arrested in 2005: 1.55
County No. of Local Drivers Ever Convicted for DWI, 2005: 4,306County % of DWI Arrests That Involved No Crash, 2003-2005: 71.2
County % of DWI Arrests Made by Municipal Police, 2003-2005: 37.8
County % of State DWI Arrests Made by Tribal Police, 2003-2005: 0.7
County % of DWI Arrests Made by Sheriffs Deputies, 2003-2005: 11.1
County % of DWI Arrests Made by State Police, 2003-2005: 50.4
County % of DWI Arrests of Drivers Age Under 18, 2003-2005: 2.9
County % of DWI Arrests of Drivers Age 18-20, 2003-2005: 12.6
Driver License Revocation
County % of DWI Arrests Resulting in Administrative License Revocation, 2003-2005: 86.3
County % of DWI Arrests Requesting License Revocation Hearings, 2003-2005: 19.0
County Mean No. of Days from Arrest to Court Date, 2003-2005: 100
County Mean No. of Days from Arrest to Hearing Date, 2003-2005: 74
County % of Hearings Sustaining License Revocation Actions, 2003-2005: 41.1
County No. of DWI License Revocation Hearings, 2003-2005: 223
Court Action
County % of DWI Arrests with Guilty Finding, 2003-2005: 81.8
County % of DWI Arrests with Dismissal or Acquittal, 2003-2005: 18.2
County % of DWI Arrests with Plea of Guilty, 2003-2005: 29.5
County % of DWI Arrests with No Disposition after 12 months, 2005: 15.9
County % of DWI Arrests with No Disposition after 24 months, 2004: 13.1
County Direct Annual Cost of DWI Case Handling, 2003-2005: $ 508,000
Additional Summary Information
County DWI Statistics & Trends Summary, 1985-2005
DWI Statistics & Trends Summary for NM State Police Efforts in the County, 1985-2005
DWI Statistics by Police Agency Crash Statistics by County Fatal Crash Narratives by County
Produced by the DWI Resource Center, June 3, 2007 1:24:48 pm