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Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

921,311 Population
9,283.4 square miles 99.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,696 ±$1,046 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $31,043 ±$675
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$60,070 ±$1,862 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $53,992 ±$1,483
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

15.1% ±1.4% (137,371  ±12,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.4% 382,798 (±1% / ±20,667)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.7 minutes ±0.8 (8,386,675  ±350,889) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 17,259,760 (±0.5 / ±515,260)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

376,596 ±2,725 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 834,007 ±4,770
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (910,315  ±4,178) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,074,979 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.2% ±0.8% (9,034  ±1,809) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5% † 23,596 (±0.6% / ±3,048)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

398,585 ±1,646 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 948,042 ±368
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$246,000 ±$4,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $214,000 ±$4,000
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.4% ±1.2% (122,065  ±10,920.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.6% 263,280 (±0.7% / ±15,067.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

90.4% ±2.1% (582,407  ±13,424.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.5% 1,268,955 (±1.3% / ±19,674.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
35.1% ±1.2% (226,021  ±7,866.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 30.1% 435,930 (±0.7% / ±10,085.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.7% ±0.6% (80,314  ±5,699) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 9.1% 192,634 (±0.4% / ±9,132)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

8.2% ±0.5% (59,345  ±3,384) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 128,924 (±0.3% / ±5,019)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
59,345 Total veterans ±3,384 52,551 Male ±3,060 6,794 Female ±1,666

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