Census Reporter

New Mexico

2,095,428 Population
121,311.9 square miles 17.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,529 ±$484 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$47,169 ±$900 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

19.5% ±0.8% (399,456  ±16,659) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23 minutes ±0.5 (19,074,385  ±443,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

794,093 ±5,137 Number of households
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (2,052,505  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.1% ±0.6% (23,984  ±2,699) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

943,232 ±180 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$174,700 ±$2,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

13.3% ±0.7% (274,712  ±14,887.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

85.4% ±1.1% (1,209,793  ±16,310.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
27.7% ±0.7% (391,712  ±9,310.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

34.1% ±0.8% (673,564  ±14,782.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

9.5% ±0.5% (198,522  ±9,992) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

9.1% ±0.3% (146,147  ±5,233) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
146,147 Total veterans ±5,233 132,619 Male ±4,769 13,528 Female ±1,782

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