2024 population: 120,817 ( 854 from 2020)
Land area: 5517.2 square miles
Population density: 21.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	43,283	35.83%	6.4%
Black:	692	0.57%	7.1%
Indian:	48,571	40.20%	1.6%
Asian:	1,159	0.96%	69.4%
2+ races:	2,724	2.25%	4.2%
Hispanic:	24,388	20.19%	2.9%

Total non-White:	77,534	64.17%	2.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,672	11.7
Deaths:	6,393	13.1
Net Migration:	-761	-1.6
Net Immigration:	603	1.2

Change in White population:	-2,935	-2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,081	1.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
121,671
46,218	37.99%
646	0.53%
47,819	39.30%
684	0.56%
2,613	2.15%
23,691	19.47%
75,453	62.01%

2010
130,044
55,254	42.49%
617	0.47%
46,321	35.62%
509	0.39%
2,450	1.88%
24,776	19.05%
74,790	57.51%

2000
113,801
52,922	46.50%
429	0.38%
41,290	36.28%
315	0.28%
1,699	1.49%
17,057	14.99%
60,879	53.50%

1990
91,605
45,941	50.15%
382	0.42%
33,045	36.07%
220	0.24%
n/a
12,017	13.12%
45,664	49.85%

1980
81,433
44,787	55.00%
137	0.17%
26,615	32.68%
198	0.24%
n/a
9,543	11.72%
36,646	45.00%

1970
52,517
29,130	55.47%
262	0.50%
16,008	30.48%
42	0.08%
n/a
6,903	13.14%
23,387	44.53%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
16,172	12.4
9,176	7.1
-13,271	-10.2
109	0.1

-9,036	-6.9
663	0.5

Number	Rate
2000's
18,809	16.5
7,409	6.5
-1,767	-1.6
1,276	1.1

2,332	2.0
13,911	12.2

Number	Rate
1990's
18,506	20.2
5,897	6.4
6,666	7.3
420	0.5

6,981	7.6
15,215	16.6

Number	Rate
1980's
21,729	26.7
4,747	5.8
-9,094	-11.2
n/a

1,154	1.4
9,018	11.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
16,311	31.1
n/a

15,657	29.8
13,259	25.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Farmington, 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):

2024
Number	Percent
38.3
30,165	25.0%
90,652	75.0%
20,461	16.9%

41,732
2.86

28,238	67.7%
17,835	63.2%
3,305	11.7%
13,494	32.3%

2010
Number	Percent
66.0
-54,742	-42.1%
184,786	142.1%
28,166	21.7%

88,808
2.89

64,914	73.1%
44,128	68.0%
7,334	11.3%
23,894	26.9%

2000
Number	Percent
31.2
37,084	32.6%
76,717	67.4%
10,247	9.0%

37,740
2.98

29,188	77.3%
21,576	73.9%
3,308	11.3%
8,552	22.7%

1990
Number	Percent
28.1
33,004	36.0%
58,601	64.0%
6,921	7.6%

29,213
3.11

23,074	79.0%
17,861	77.4%
2,506	10.9%
6,139	21.0%

1980
Number	Percent
24.2
30,564	37.5%
50,869	62.5%
4,742	5.8%

25,370
3.19

20,058	79.1%
17,117	85.3%
1,464	7.3%
5,312	20.9%

2024 Housing Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,140	7.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,767	6.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,775	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,111	5.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,769	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,631	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,883	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,190	5.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,724	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,887	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,866	9.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,204	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,351	8.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,403	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,620	6.3%
$200,000 or more	2,411	5.8%

Median Household Income	55,872
Per Capita Income	28,099

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,807	9.1%
Public Assistance	1,077	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,913	23.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	34,692	57.4%
Unemployed	3,106	5.1%
In Armed Forces	36	0.1%

Total Labor Force	37,834	62.6%
Not in Labor Force	22,632	37.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		42.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	16,739	12,747	56.8%
Non-Profit	1,100	2,110	34.3%
Self-Employed	2,543	1,425	64.1%

Local Government	2,145	2,819	43.2%
State Government	937	1,704	35.5%
Federal Government	1,002	1,307	43.4%

Total Private + Self	19,282	14,172	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,184	7,940	39.5%
Total	24,466	22,112	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	21.3%
Pct. Private + Self	71.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	5,871	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,199	19.7%
Professional, Technical	9,213	19.7%
Service Occupations	9,923	21.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	275	0.6%
All others	12,454	26.7%

White Collar		52.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	7,481	16.0%
Retail trade	5,705	12.2%
Educational services	5,127	11.0%
Accommodation and food services	4,324	9.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,078	6.6%
Public administration	2,900	6.2%
Construction	2,682	5.7%
Other services	2,471	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	2,034	4.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,642	3.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,470	3.2%
Manufacturing	1,469	3.1%
Utilities	1,235	2.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,199	2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	964	2.1%
Finance and insurance	867	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	803	1.7%
Wholesale trade	752	1.6%
Information	444	1.0%
Management	13	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,492	10.33%
Puerto Rican	175	0.14%
Cuban	307	0.25%
Dominican	3	0.00%

Total Central American	56	0.05%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	20	0.02%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	6	0.00%
Salvadoran	30	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	132	0.11%
Argentinean	9	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	45	0.04%
Ecuadorian	58	0.05%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	12	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	8	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	10,811	8.94%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	684	0.57%
Chinese	54	0.04%
Laotian	40	0.03%
Japanese	25	0.02%
Korean	24	0.02%
Indian	14	0.01%
Indonesian	10	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	82,246	72.1%
Other	20,730	18.2%
Spanish	9,935	8.7%
Tagalog	454	0.4%
German, other Germanic	185	0.2%
Other Asian	181	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	101	0.1%
Other Indo-European	88	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	72	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	9,555	7.9%
English	8,285	6.9%
Irish	6,673	5.5%
American	2,347	1.9%
Scottish	2,268	1.9%
French	1,779	1.5%
Italian	1,324	1.1%
Norwegian	999	0.8%
European	873	0.7%
Swedish	756	0.6%
Welsh	599	0.5%
Danish	581	0.5%
Dutch	502	0.4%
Polish	489	0.4%
Scotch-Irish	443	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	118,825	98.2%
Not a citizen	2,117	1.8%

Native	117,250	96.9%
Foreign-born	3,692	3.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,196	4.0%	7,345	9.1%	24,156	30.0%	31,098	38.6%	9,172	11.4%	5,529	6.9%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,196	4.0%
9-12 Years	7,345	9.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	24,156	30.0%
Some College	31,098	38.6%
Bach. Degree	9,172	11.4%
Grad Degree	5,529	6.9%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	77,734	70,932	6,802	8.8%
1991	83,514	75,344	8,170	9.8%
1992	86,856	76,616	10,240	11.8%
1993	86,774	77,900	8,874	10.2%
1994	90,864	81,674	9,190	10.1%
1995	95,378	85,224	10,154	10.6%
1996	98,470	86,566	11,904	12.1%
1997	99,332	89,390	9,942	10.0%
1998	101,002	92,618	8,384	8.3%
1999	100,162	92,548	7,614	7.6%

2000	98,654	92,904	5,750	5.8%
2001	100,634	95,198	5,436	5.4%
2002	101,568	95,372	6,196	6.1%
2003	102,342	95,420	6,922	6.8%
2004	104,718	98,516	6,202	5.9%
2005	107,486	101,640	5,846	5.4%
2006	109,100	104,384	4,716	4.3%
2007	109,702	106,150	3,552	3.2%
2008	112,934	108,662	4,272	3.8%
2009	111,346	103,092	8,254	7.4%

2010	108,802	99,018	9,784	9.0%
2011	109,420	101,152	8,268	7.6%
2012	110,742	103,044	7,698	7.0%
2013	109,746	102,330	7,416	6.8%
2014	111,246	104,238	7,008	6.3%
2015	112,004	104,196	7,808	7.0%
2016	109,356	99,648	9,708	8.9%
2017	108,860	100,746	8,114	7.5%
2018	105,210	99,144	6,066	5.8%
2019	104,602	98,444	6,158	5.9%

2020	100,734	90,642	10,092	10.0%
2021	98,466	90,226	8,240	8.4%
2022	98,590	94,034	4,556	4.6%
2023	101,730	97,480	4,250	4.2%
2024	99,878	95,224	4,654	4.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	48,255
Median Value	$193,800

Occupied	41,732	86.5%
Vacant	6,523	13.5%

Owned	29,713	71.2%
Rented	12,019	28.8%
Median Rent	$956

Single-Family Units	28,358	58.8%
Detached	27,363	56.7%
Attached	995	2.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,559	3.2%
Mobile Homes	14,528	30.1%

Farmington, NM Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Farmington, NM Metro Area