2022 population: 1,997,696 ( 45,390 from 2010 , 4,524 from 2020)
Land area: 125230.9 square miles
Population density: 16.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	757,396	37.91%	8.0%
Black:	35,785	1.79%	19.4%
Indian:	236,083	11.82%	2.4%
Asian:	34,436	1.72%	35.6%
2+ races:	34,214	1.71%	16.0%
Hispanic:	899,782	45.04%	11.1%

Total non-White:	1,240,300	62.09%	9.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	44,079	11.0
Deaths:	53,469	13.4
Net Migration:	-2,653	-0.7
Net Immigration:	7,124	1.8

Change in White population:	-66,004	-3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	111,394	5.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,952,306
823,400	42.18%
29,974	1.54%
230,443	11.80%
25,399	1.30%
29,505	1.51%
810,085	41.49%
1,128,906	57.82%

2000
1,737,431
796,715	45.86%
25,564	1.47%
217,850	12.54%
17,447	1.00%
24,831	1.43%
652,474	37.55%
940,716	54.14%

1990
1,444,665
729,754	50.51%
22,707	1.57%
178,606	12.36%
14,398	1.00%
n/a
499,200	34.55%
714,911	49.49%

1980
1,252,837
655,796	52.34%
18,038	1.44%
143,042	11.42%
6,921	0.55%
n/a
426,205	34.02%
597,041	47.66%

1970
960,853
510,222	53.10%
9,714	1.01%
59,750	6.22%
1,168	0.12%
n/a
375,232	39.05%
450,631	46.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
247,067	14.2
130,213	7.5
24,133	1.4
40,910	2.4

26,685	1.5
188,190	10.8

Number	Rate
1990's
256,434	17.8
116,528	8.1
46,745	3.2
31,294	2.2

66,961	4.6
225,805	15.6

Number	Rate
1980's
266,462	21.3
92,936	7.4
10,262	0.8
n/a

73,958	5.9
117,870	9.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
126,493	13.2
n/a

145,574	15.2
146,410	15.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.7
434,710	21.8%
1,562,986	78.2%
363,498	18.2%

754,694
2.55

467,136	61.9%
318,488	68.2%
51,849	11.1%
287,558	38.1%

2010
Number	Percent
37.3
488,672	25.0%
1,463,634	75.0%
259,445	13.3%

753,574
2.54

492,169	65.3%
340,910	69.3%
57,467	11.7%
261,405	34.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
485,978	28.0%
1,251,453	72.0%
200,866	11.6%

648,109
2.63

446,943	69.0%
329,679	73.8%
51,436	11.5%
201,166	31.0%

1990
Number	Percent
31.4
431,944	29.9%
1,012,721	70.1%
153,512	10.6%

516,175
2.75

374,830	72.6%
292,900	78.1%
37,482	10.0%
141,345	27.4%

1980
Number	Percent
27.6
407,445	32.5%
845,392	67.5%
108,944	8.7%

422,335
2.92

319,843	75.7%
266,591	83.4%
27,610	8.6%
102,492	24.3%

2022 Housing Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	51,371	6.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	40,107	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	35,273	4.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	34,997	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	34,565	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	34,393	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	30,895	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	29,758	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,915	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	57,614	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	70,677	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	92,689	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	65,468	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	46,766	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	51,287	6.8%
$200,000 or more	48,919	6.5%

Median Household Income	60,986
Per Capita Income	34,099

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	46,161	6.1%
Public Assistance	24,975	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	137,100	18.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	418,042	63.1%
Unemployed	28,508	4.3%
In Armed Forces	7,123	1.1%

Total Labor Force	453,673	68.5%
Not in Labor Force	208,444	31.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	270,157	216,945	55.5%
Non-Profit	25,206	42,936	37.0%
Self-Employed	50,888	34,764	59.4%

Local Government	33,566	42,414	44.2%
State Government	24,881	37,563	39.8%
Federal Government	33,547	23,413	58.9%

Total Private + Self	321,045	251,709	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	117,200	146,326	44.5%
Total	438,245	398,035	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	23.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	121,497	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	172,042	20.5%
Professional, Technical	210,313	25.1%
Service Occupations	158,582	18.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,078	0.7%
All others	176,080	21.0%

White Collar		60.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	126,028	15.0%
Retail trade	92,593	11.0%
Educational services	86,769	10.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	69,889	8.3%
Accommodation and food services	65,217	7.8%
Public administration	64,483	7.7%
Construction	63,063	7.5%
Other services	44,517	5.3%
Manufacturing	32,893	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	32,855	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	28,298	3.4%
Finance and insurance	26,516	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,560	2.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19,076	2.3%
Wholesale trade	14,867	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	14,091	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,758	1.6%
Information	11,824	1.4%
Utilities	9,869	1.2%
Management	348	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	535,550	27.27%
Puerto Rican	9,411	0.48%
Cuban	5,643	0.29%
Dominican	2,463	0.13%

Total Central American	9,136	0.47%
Costa Rican	512	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,946	0.15%
Honduran	981	0.05%
Nicaraguan	1,030	0.05%
Panamanian	443	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,065	0.16%
Other Central American	159	0.01%

Total South American	8,706	0.44%
Argentinean	785	0.04%
Bolivian	467	0.02%
Chilean	863	0.04%
Colombian	2,764	0.14%
Ecuadorian	1,068	0.05%
Paraguayan	36	0.00%
Peruvian	1,752	0.09%
Uruguayan	92	0.00%
Venezuelan	802	0.04%
Other South American	77	0.00%

Other Hispanic	310,943	15.83%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	8,244	0.42%
Chinese	5,655	0.29%
Vietnamese	5,436	0.28%
Indian	4,227	0.22%
Korean	1,845	0.09%
Japanese	1,618	0.08%
Thai	538	0.03%
Bangladeshi	283	0.01%
Taiwanese	249	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,282,597	69.0%
Spanish	404,719	21.8%
Other	129,659	7.0%
Other Indo-European	8,151	0.4%
German, other Germanic	5,627	0.3%
Tagalog	4,855	0.3%
Other Asian	4,748	0.3%
Vietnamese	4,726	0.3%
Chinese	4,126	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	163,984	8.3%
English	150,227	7.6%
Irish	129,120	6.6%
American	80,372	4.1%
Italian	46,544	2.4%
European	33,653	1.7%
Scottish	31,602	1.6%
French	30,161	1.5%
Polish	20,331	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	16,123	0.8%
Swedish	15,908	0.8%
Norwegian	15,171	0.8%
Dutch	14,291	0.7%
British	11,983	0.6%
Welsh	10,174	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,876,239	95.5%
Not a citizen	87,811	4.5%

Native	1,806,442	92.0%
Foreign-born	157,608	8.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
63,024	4.7%	98,744	7.3%	355,939	26.3%	438,659	32.4%	220,802	16.3%	176,133	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	63,024	4.7%
9-12 Years	98,744	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	355,939	26.3%
Some College	438,659	32.4%
Bach. Degree	220,802	16.3%
Grad Degree	176,133	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	664,954	620,078	44,876	6.7%
1991	677,384	627,471	49,913	7.4%
1992	692,726	639,924	52,802	7.6%
1993	713,126	659,664	53,462	7.5%
1994	736,527	687,644	48,883	6.6%
1995	755,944	705,094	50,850	6.7%
1996	770,292	711,596	58,696	7.6%
1997	778,366	727,394	50,972	6.5%
1998	792,885	742,356	50,529	6.4%
1999	792,884	747,734	45,150	5.7%

2000	793,655	754,428	39,227	4.9%
2001	802,660	763,006	39,654	4.9%
2002	814,603	769,307	45,296	5.6%
2003	825,087	775,585	49,502	6.0%
2004	836,359	789,119	47,240	5.6%
2005	850,467	805,490	44,977	5.3%
2006	859,701	822,763	36,938	4.3%
2007	865,265	833,414	31,851	3.7%
2008	876,844	837,763	39,081	4.5%
2009	872,100	807,665	64,435	7.4%

2010	868,600	797,795	70,805	8.2%
2011	864,348	798,295	66,053	7.6%
2012	866,710	802,813	63,897	7.4%
2013	865,932	803,752	62,180	7.2%
2014	867,789	809,525	58,264	6.7%
2015	872,534	814,789	57,745	6.6%
2016	878,318	819,560	58,758	6.7%
2017	880,475	827,818	52,657	6.0%
2018	883,339	839,870	43,469	4.9%
2019	893,896	849,481	44,415	5.0%

2020	877,247	802,167	75,080	8.6%
2021	873,803	811,610	62,193	7.1%
2022	876,409	840,915	35,494	4.0%
2023	891,472	857,794	33,678	3.8%
2024	906,681	869,050	37,631	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	887,554
Median Value	$226,810

Occupied	754,694	85.0%
Vacant	132,860	15.0%

Owned	527,744	69.9%
Rented	226,950	30.1%
Median Rent	$982

Single-Family Units	608,811	68.6%
Detached	577,437	65.1%
Attached	31,374	3.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	85,033	9.6%
Mobile Homes	142,397	16.0%

Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM-AZ-CO Market Area