Census Reporter

New Mexico

2,096,829 Population
121,312.2 square miles 17.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,423 ±$541 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$51,945 ±$969 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

18.2% ±0.7% (373,230  ±15,038) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

22.6 minutes ±0.3 (19,484,790  ±387,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

793,420 ±7,074 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (2,053,922  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.8% ±0.6% (26,945  ±2,716) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

948,470 ±212 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$180,900 ±$2,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

12.4% ±0.7% (257,210  ±14,018.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

85.9% ±1.2% (1,224,660  ±16,741.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
27.7% ±0.6% (394,598  ±9,234.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

34% ±0.9% (672,260  ±16,741.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

9.6% ±0.5% (201,842  ±9,594) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.4% ±0.4% (135,230  ±5,757) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
135,230 Total veterans ±5,757 122,018 Male ±5,016 13,212 Female ±1,765

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