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New Mexico

2,114,371 Population
121,312.8 square miles 17.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,510 ±$691 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,268 ±$1,281 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.8% ±0.9% (368,669  ±18,140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.2 minutes ±0.5 (19,644,764  ±533,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

856,580 ±6,374 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 (2,071,290  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±0.7% (24,730  ±3,267) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

965,373 ±173 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$256,300 ±$5,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±0.7% (246,807  ±13,762.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.5% ±1.2% (1,287,157  ±18,157.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.7% ±0.7% (465,561  ±10,724.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

31.7% ±0.8% (637,588  ±15,567.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

10.2% (215,697  ±10,406) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.4% ±0.3% (122,492  ±5,087) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
122,492 Total veterans ±5,087 109,834 Male ±4,854 12,658 Female ±1,727

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