2024 population: 926,303 ( 9,634 from 2020)
Land area: 9283.4 square miles
Population density: 99.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	349,920	37.78%	3.6%
Black:	24,888	2.69%	7.2%
Indian:	53,996	5.83%	5.2%
Asian:	24,763	2.67%	10.5%
2+ races:	18,491	2.00%	7.1%
Hispanic:	454,245	49.04%	3.4%

Total non-White:	576,383	62.22%	4.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,202	10.1
Deaths:	41,168	11.2
Net Migration:	1,217	0.3
Net Immigration:	12,173	3.3

Change in White population:	-13,059	-1.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	22,693	2.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
916,669
362,979	39.60%
23,223	2.53%
51,338	5.60%
22,412	2.44%
17,271	1.88%
439,446	47.94%
553,690	60.40%

2010
887,077
374,214	42.19%
19,766	2.23%
44,655	5.03%
17,412	1.96%
14,937	1.68%
414,222	46.70%
512,863	57.81%

2000
729,649
349,963	47.96%
16,072	2.20%
35,991	4.93%
11,909	1.63%
11,822	1.62%
302,656	41.48%
379,686	52.04%

1990
599,416
328,089	54.73%
13,334	2.22%
27,950	4.66%
8,795	1.47%
n/a
221,248	36.91%
271,327	45.27%

1980
523,105
286,730	54.81%
9,253	1.77%
27,307	5.22%
4,445	0.85%
n/a
194,144	37.11%
236,375	45.19%

1970
379,095
201,539	53.16%
3,970	1.05%
10,762	2.84%
571	0.15%
n/a
160,390	42.31%
177,556	46.84%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
95,682	10.8
67,095	7.6
-8,389	-0.9
11,273	1.3

-11,235	-1.3
40,827	4.6

Number	Rate
2000's
108,220	14.8
54,737	7.5
59,705	8.2
19,377	2.7

24,251	3.3
133,177	18.3

Number	Rate
1990's
104,130	17.4
46,645	7.8
25,529	4.3
15,466	2.6

21,874	3.6
108,359	18.1

Number	Rate
1980's
96,688	18.5
35,552	6.8
35,240	6.7
n/a

41,359	7.9
34,952	6.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
75,807	20.0
n/a

85,191	22.5
58,819	15.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro 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
39.1
196,490	21.2%
729,813	78.8%
161,039	17.4%

367,877
2.46

222,891	60.6%
150,679	67.6%
25,452	11.4%
144,986	39.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.4
218,422	24.6%
668,655	75.4%
108,962	12.3%

347,366
2.51

222,811	64.1%
153,021	68.7%
26,799	12.0%
124,555	35.9%

2000
Number	Percent
35.1
192,151	26.3%
537,498	73.7%
81,896	11.2%

281,132
2.55

187,508	66.7%
137,723	73.4%
21,385	11.4%
93,624	33.3%

1990
Number	Percent
32.1
163,347	27.3%
436,069	72.7%
62,458	10.4%

225,243
2.62

157,326	69.8%
123,026	78.2%
15,124	9.6%
67,917	30.2%

1980
Number	Percent
28.1
157,947	30.2%
365,158	69.8%
42,597	8.1%

183,672
2.81

135,289	73.7%
111,046	82.1%
12,633	9.3%
48,383	26.3%

2022 Housing Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	23,574	6.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,243	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	16,064	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	14,333	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	15,172	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	15,845	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	14,209	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	14,820	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	14,249	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	29,372	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	35,211	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	47,312	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	34,412	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	24,299	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	26,351	7.2%
$200,000 or more	25,411	6.9%

Median Household Income	63,738
Per Capita Income	36,165

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	19,597	5.3%
Public Assistance	14,020	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	63,747	17.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	197,151	68.7%
Unemployed	12,267	4.3%
In Armed Forces	3,086	1.1%

Total Labor Force	212,504	74.0%
Not in Labor Force	74,488	26.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	138,368	114,906	54.6%
Non-Profit	13,141	24,543	34.9%
Self-Employed	22,738	15,935	58.8%

Local Government	15,618	19,497	44.5%
State Government	12,660	16,612	43.2%
Federal Government	17,838	10,899	62.1%

Total Private + Self	161,106	130,841	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	59,257	71,551	45.3%
Total	220,363	202,392	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	22.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	64,814	15.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	88,610	20.9%
Professional, Technical	118,480	28.0%
Service Occupations	76,402	18.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,560	0.4%
All others	75,262	17.8%

White Collar		64.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	65,974	15.6%
Retail trade	45,180	10.7%
Educational services	43,733	10.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	41,241	9.7%
Accommodation and food services	31,802	7.5%
Public administration	30,818	7.3%
Construction	29,164	6.9%
Other services	23,089	5.5%
Manufacturing	19,624	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,190	4.5%
Finance and insurance	17,063	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	14,500	3.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,538	2.3%
Wholesale trade	9,129	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,696	1.8%
Information	7,084	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,087	1.0%
Utilities	3,311	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,102	0.3%
Management	243	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	266,713	29.12%
Puerto Rican	6,401	0.70%
Cuban	3,693	0.40%
Dominican	1,826	0.20%

Total Central American	3,915	0.43%
Costa Rican	258	0.03%
Guatemalan	971	0.11%
Honduran	301	0.03%
Nicaraguan	636	0.07%
Panamanian	210	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,408	0.15%
Other Central American	131	0.01%

Total South American	5,935	0.65%
Argentinean	373	0.04%
Bolivian	448	0.05%
Chilean	668	0.07%
Colombian	2,039	0.22%
Ecuadorian	735	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	1,103	0.12%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	524	0.06%
Other South American	45	0.00%

Other Hispanic	168,193	18.36%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	4,850	0.53%
Filipino	4,549	0.50%
Chinese	4,026	0.44%
Indian	3,063	0.33%
Korean	1,050	0.11%
Japanese	880	0.10%
Thai	313	0.03%
Bangladeshi	235	0.03%
Laotian	142	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	633,954	73.0%
Spanish	183,137	21.1%
Other	25,496	2.9%
Other Indo-European	5,567	0.6%
Vietnamese	4,180	0.5%
German, other Germanic	2,998	0.3%
Chinese	2,750	0.3%
Other Asian	2,676	0.3%
Tagalog	2,479	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	83,430	9.1%
English	74,755	8.2%
Irish	66,934	7.3%
American	35,413	3.9%
Italian	29,413	3.2%
European	16,267	1.8%
French	15,839	1.7%
Scottish	14,989	1.6%
Polish	12,697	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	8,864	1.0%
Swedish	8,272	0.9%
Dutch	7,141	0.8%
Norwegian	7,040	0.8%
British	6,204	0.7%
Welsh	4,894	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	873,439	95.4%
Not a citizen	42,529	4.6%

Native	832,322	90.9%
Foreign-born	83,646	9.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
24,078	3.8%	40,009	6.3%	151,925	23.9%	202,581	31.8%	120,489	18.9%	97,492	15.3%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	24,078	3.8%
9-12 Years	40,009	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	151,925	23.9%
Some College	202,581	31.8%
Bach. Degree	120,489	18.9%
Grad Degree	97,492	15.3%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	610,466	576,172	34,294	5.6%
1991	616,840	580,454	36,386	5.9%
1992	629,520	596,004	33,516	5.3%
1993	659,526	616,794	42,732	6.5%
1994	679,152	647,676	31,476	4.6%
1995	700,048	669,532	30,516	4.4%
1996	716,104	680,100	36,004	5.0%
1997	726,372	693,984	32,388	4.5%
1998	738,080	703,956	34,124	4.6%
1999	743,314	714,086	29,228	3.9%

2000	736,314	705,600	30,714	4.2%
2001	744,078	711,946	32,132	4.3%
2002	749,588	711,646	37,942	5.1%
2003	754,562	713,522	41,040	5.4%
2004	764,758	725,350	39,408	5.2%
2005	777,988	739,652	38,336	4.9%
2006	792,762	761,280	31,482	4.0%
2007	796,950	768,588	28,362	3.6%
2008	805,210	769,954	35,256	4.4%
2009	798,014	739,720	58,294	7.3%

2010	842,944	778,114	64,830	7.7%
2011	837,364	776,938	60,426	7.2%
2012	835,824	777,616	58,208	7.0%
2013	836,304	779,754	56,550	6.8%
2014	837,962	784,138	53,824	6.4%
2015	844,582	792,034	52,548	6.2%
2016	859,198	806,428	52,770	6.1%
2017	864,846	816,128	48,718	5.6%
2018	867,374	826,798	40,576	4.7%
2019	879,516	837,762	41,754	4.7%

2020	865,004	793,964	71,040	8.2%
2021	876,694	818,746	57,948	6.6%
2022	882,726	849,926	32,800	3.7%
2023	902,914	870,900	32,014	3.5%
2024	928,090	892,294	35,796	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	395,967
Median Value	$242,027

Occupied	367,877	92.9%
Vacant	28,090	7.1%

Owned	249,016	67.7%
Rented	118,861	32.3%
Median Rent	$1,040

Single-Family Units	281,362	71.1%
Detached	263,826	66.6%
Attached	17,536	4.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	56,863	14.4%
Mobile Homes	33,527	8.5%

Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Albuquerque, NM Metro Area