Census Reporter

New Mexico

2,097,021 Population
121,312.7 square miles 17.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,945 ±$223 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$51,243 ±$514 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

18.6% ±0.4% (381,026  ±7,765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.7 minutes ±0.2 (18,817,440  ±218,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

792,755 ±2,457 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (2,054,102  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.5% ±0.3% (26,018  ±1,300) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

943,568 ±353 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$175,700 ±$1,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13% ±0.3% (270,474  ±6,245.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

86.5% ±0.6% (1,224,222  ±9,049.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
28.1% ±0.3% (398,288  ±4,812.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

33.5% ±0.4% (661,320  ±7,372.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

9.2% ±0.2% (193,223  ±4,497) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.8% ±0.2% (141,558  ±2,813) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
141,558 Total veterans ±2,813 127,188 Male ±2,522 14,370 Female ±1,283

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