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New Mexico

2,130,256 Population
121,312.7 square miles 17.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 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

$37,978 ±$841 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,816 ±$1,867 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.4% ±0.9% (343,235  ±18,877) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±0.5 (20,554,380  ±549,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

856,970 ±6,035 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (2,087,046  ±) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±0.6% (21,781  ±2,696) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

973,944 ±1,173 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$279,900 ±$4,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.3% ±0.7% (237,800  ±14,650.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±1.3% (1,305,348  ±19,766.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.8% ±0.8% (472,143  ±11,393.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

31.4% ±0.8% (635,524  ±15,318.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

10% (212,830  ±11,226) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±0.3% (124,674  ±5,426) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
124,674 Total veterans ±5,426 109,932 Male ±4,598 14,742 Female ±2,287

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