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Valencia County, NM

80,813 Population
1,066.7 square miles 75.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,636 ±$2,719 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $37,978 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,216 ±$4,999 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $67,816 ±$1,867
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.4% ±3.7% (12,135  ±2,953) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 16.4% 343,235 (±0.9% / ±18,877)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.2 minutes ±1.2 (804,620  ±46,763) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,081 ±1,003 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 856,970 ±6,035
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (79,428  ±186) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,087,046
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.4% ±2.3% (1,426  ±384) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

31,742 ±93 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 973,944 ±1,173
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$246,200 ±$20,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $279,900 ±$4,338
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

5.2% ±2.1% (4,148  ±1,661.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 11.3% 237,800 (±0.7% / ±14,650.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.7% ±6.8% (49,166  ±3,848.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.9% 1,305,348 (±1.3% / ±19,766.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.2% ±4% (12,847  ±2,225.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 31.8% 472,143 (±0.8% / ±11,393.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.6% (7,731  ±2,192) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 10% 212,830
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.5% ±1.7% (5,347  ±1,053) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.5% 124,674 (±0.3% / ±5,426)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,347 Total veterans ±1,053 4,897 Male ±996 450 Female ±367

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