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Valencia County, NM

79,141 Population
1,066.7 square miles 74.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,713 ±$2,573 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $35,510 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,665 ±$6,333 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,268 ±$1,281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.9% ±3.5% (14,591  ±2,723) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 368,669 (±0.9% / ±18,140)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.9 minutes ±0.9 (781,235  ±40,363) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

29,932 ±695 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 856,580 ±6,374
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (77,498  ±410) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,071,290
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.2% ±3.6% (1,215  ±609) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,730 (±0.7% / ±3,267)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

31,219 ±163 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 965,373 ±173
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$232,700 ±$16,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $256,300 ±$5,161
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8% ±2.9% (6,199  ±2,247.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,807 (±0.7% / ±13,762.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

85.1% ±6.1% (46,593  ±3,371) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 87.5% 1,287,157 (±1.2% / ±18,157.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
20.2% ±3.1% (11,085  ±1,685.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 31.7% 465,561 (±0.7% / ±10,724.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.8% (7,772  ±1,958) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 10.2% 215,697
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.3% ±1.5% (4,459  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 7.4% 122,492 (±0.3% / ±5,087)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,459 Total veterans ±933 4,394 Male ±913 65 Female ±109

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