New Mexico

2022 population: 2,113,344 ( 54,165 from 2010 , 4,183 from 2020)
Land area: 121312.2 square miles
Population density: 17.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	754,687	35.71%	9.5%
Black:	41,637	1.97%	17.4%
Indian:	185,093	8.76%	5.5%
Asian:	37,087	1.75%	34.6%
2+ races:	34,975	1.65%	17.2%
Hispanic:	1,059,865	50.15%	11.2%

Total non-White:	1,358,657	64.29%	10.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	47,605	11.2
Deaths:	55,450	13.1
Net Migration:	-5,058	-1.2
Net Immigration:	8,311	2.0

Change in White population:	-79,123	-3.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	133,288	6.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
2,059,179
833,810	40.49%
35,462	1.72%
175,368	8.52%
27,551	1.34%
29,835	1.45%
953,403	46.30%
1,225,369	59.51%

2000
1,819,046
813,495	44.72%
30,654	1.69%
161,460	8.88%
19,249	1.06%
25,793	1.42%
765,386	42.08%
1,005,551	55.28%

1990
1,515,069
765,847	50.55%
27,571	1.82%
128,614	8.49%
16,328	1.08%
n/a
576,709	38.06%
749,222	49.45%

1980
1,302,894
690,236	52.98%
22,298	1.71%
102,492	7.87%
7,728	0.59%
n/a
477,051	36.61%
612,658	47.02%

1970
1,016,000
546,646	53.80%
11,673	1.15%
43,447	4.28%
1,322	0.13%
n/a
407,286	40.09%
469,354	46.20%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
265,766	14.6
136,175	7.5
23,215	1.3
47,343	2.6

20,315	1.1
219,818	12.1

Number	Rate
1990's
274,767	18.1
122,121	8.1
29,789	2.0
42,766	2.8

47,648	3.1
256,329	16.9

Number	Rate
1980's
272,040	20.9
96,722	7.4
32,876	2.5
n/a

75,611	5.8
136,564	10.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
130,169	12.8
n/a

143,590	14.1
143,304	14.1

Age, Family & Household Data for New Mexico

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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
38.6
473,478	22.4%
1,639,866	77.6%
382,672	18.1%

812,852
2.55

503,154	61.9%
341,009	67.8%
57,398	11.4%
309,698	38.1%

2010
Number	Percent
36.6
518,672	25.2%
1,540,507	74.8%
272,255	13.2%

791,395
2.55

518,698	65.5%
358,354	69.1%
62,079	12.0%
272,697	34.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
507,568	27.9%
1,311,478	72.1%
212,490	11.7%

678,032
2.63

468,899	69.2%
346,478	73.9%
54,593	11.6%
209,133	30.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.3
446,439	29.5%
1,068,630	70.5%
162,518	10.7%

543,825
2.73

394,958	72.6%
309,880	78.5%
39,071	9.9%
148,867	27.4%

1980
Number	Percent
27.5
417,738	32.1%
885,156	67.9%
115,437	8.9%

443,069
2.89

334,917	75.6%
279,533	83.5%
28,639	8.6%
108,152	24.4%

2022 Housing Data for New Mexico

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	55,478	6.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	44,676	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	39,220	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	39,550	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	37,426	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	37,737	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	33,651	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	31,622	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	32,530	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	62,443	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	78,069	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	98,632	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	68,708	8.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	49,931	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	53,559	6.6%
$200,000 or more	49,620	6.1%

Median Household Income	58,722
Per Capita Income	32,667

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	49,452	6.1%
Public Assistance	30,314	3.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	155,029	19.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	411,305	63.5%
Unemployed	28,708	4.4%
In Armed Forces	10,868	1.7%

Total Labor Force	450,881	69.6%
Not in Labor Force	197,174	30.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	296,038	237,566	55.5%
Non-Profit	26,377	45,457	36.7%
Self-Employed	53,690	35,169	60.4%

Local Government	34,722	42,973	44.7%
State Government	26,798	42,026	38.9%
Federal Government	35,998	23,589	60.4%

Total Private + Self	349,728	272,735	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	123,895	154,045	44.6%
Total	473,623	426,780	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	22.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	127,879	14.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	184,446	20.4%
Professional, Technical	224,464	24.9%
Service Occupations	173,648	19.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,178	0.9%
All others	192,391	21.3%

White Collar		59.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	133,947	14.8%
Retail trade	99,459	11.0%
Educational services	95,064	10.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	73,455	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	71,625	7.9%
Public administration	68,646	7.6%
Construction	67,066	7.4%
Other services	48,492	5.4%
Manufacturing	37,297	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	35,654	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	32,326	3.6%
Finance and insurance	28,804	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,196	2.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19,117	2.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	17,663	2.0%
Wholesale trade	15,961	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	14,301	1.6%
Information	12,526	1.4%
Utilities	9,844	1.1%
Management	385	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	685,873	32.47%
Puerto Rican	10,796	0.51%
Cuban	5,725	0.27%
Dominican	2,524	0.12%

Total Central American	10,423	0.49%
Costa Rican	458	0.02%
Guatemalan	3,150	0.15%
Honduran	1,383	0.07%
Nicaraguan	1,049	0.05%
Panamanian	742	0.04%
Salvadoran	3,482	0.16%
Other Central American	159	0.01%

Total South American	8,702	0.41%
Argentinean	609	0.03%
Bolivian	463	0.02%
Chilean	863	0.04%
Colombian	2,969	0.14%
Ecuadorian	1,093	0.05%
Paraguayan	48	0.00%
Peruvian	1,640	0.08%
Uruguayan	92	0.00%
Venezuelan	848	0.04%
Other South American	77	0.00%

Other Hispanic	327,583	15.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	9,019	0.43%
Chinese	5,763	0.27%
Vietnamese	5,578	0.26%
Indian	4,598	0.22%
Korean	2,195	0.10%
Japanese	1,713	0.08%
Bangladeshi	556	0.03%
Thai	546	0.03%
Laotian	285	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,346,155	67.4%
Spanish	507,789	25.4%
Other	98,098	4.9%
Other Indo-European	8,757	0.4%
German, other Germanic	5,737	0.3%
Tagalog	5,215	0.3%
Other Asian	4,883	0.2%
Vietnamese	4,872	0.2%
Chinese	4,203	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	170,127	8.1%
English	155,892	7.4%
Irish	132,989	6.3%
American	85,212	4.0%
Italian	48,523	2.3%
European	34,060	1.6%
Scottish	31,827	1.5%
French	31,796	1.5%
Polish	21,294	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	16,551	0.8%
Swedish	15,722	0.7%
Norwegian	15,084	0.7%
Dutch	15,078	0.7%
British	12,041	0.6%
Welsh	10,293	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,004,621	94.9%
Not a citizen	107,842	5.1%

Native	1,918,143	90.8%
Foreign-born	194,320	9.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
76,092	5.3%	108,567	7.6%	372,067	25.9%	460,278	32.1%	230,705	16.1%	186,199	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	76,092	5.3%
9-12 Years	108,567	7.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	372,067	25.9%
Some College	460,278	32.1%
Bach. Degree	230,705	16.1%
Grad Degree	186,199	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	711,318	663,789	47,529	6.7%
1991	722,655	670,378	52,277	7.2%
1992	737,284	683,150	54,134	7.3%
1993	756,570	701,626	54,944	7.3%
1994	778,884	727,892	50,992	6.5%
1995	796,740	743,736	53,004	6.7%
1996	813,007	751,906	61,101	7.5%
1997	820,667	767,899	52,768	6.4%
1998	834,617	782,514	52,103	6.2%
1999	836,496	789,417	47,079	5.6%

2000	846,151	803,667	42,484	5.0%
2001	855,087	812,554	42,533	5.0%
2002	866,852	819,276	47,576	5.5%
2003	880,254	828,393	51,861	5.9%
2004	890,467	841,004	49,463	5.6%
2005	906,006	858,723	47,283	5.2%
2006	914,468	876,100	38,368	4.2%
2007	920,675	887,565	33,110	3.6%
2008	933,630	893,646	39,984	4.3%
2009	928,376	862,690	65,686	7.1%

2010	928,864	856,605	72,259	7.8%
2011	925,108	858,166	66,942	7.2%
2012	928,762	863,936	64,826	7.0%
2013	929,411	865,209	64,202	6.9%
2014	931,955	870,571	61,384	6.6%
2015	938,301	876,206	62,095	6.6%
2016	944,245	880,516	63,729	6.7%
2017	946,389	888,865	57,524	6.1%
2018	947,647	900,806	46,841	4.9%
2019	960,239	911,926	48,313	5.0%

2020	943,291	863,878	79,413	8.4%
2021	943,384	876,733	66,651	7.1%
2022	947,024	908,871	38,153	4.0%
2023	965,244	928,983	36,261	3.8%

Migration Data for New Mexico

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Texas	134,182
Arizona	63,948
California	54,890
Colorado	45,667
Florida	22,586
Washington	13,261
Nevada	12,937
Oklahoma	12,345
Virginia	10,888
Utah	10,607
Illinois	9,843
New York	9,670
North Carolina	8,538
Georgia	8,121
Oregon	7,729

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Texas	149,952
Arizona	79,386
Colorado	55,314
California	48,722
Florida	27,594
Washington	16,240
Nevada	14,271
Oklahoma	13,131
Utah	12,667
Virginia	11,212
Oregon	10,981
Georgia	9,234
North Carolina	9,083
New York	7,820
Illinois	7,677

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	943,149
Median Value	$216,000

Occupied	812,852	86.2%
Vacant	130,297	13.8%

Owned	558,179	68.7%
Rented	254,673	31.3%
Median Rent	$966

Single-Family Units	643,317	68.2%
Detached	609,523	64.6%
Attached	33,794	3.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	91,684	9.7%
Mobile Homes	152,091	16.1%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for New Mexico

2022 Housing Data for New Mexico

2022 Income & Employment Data for New Mexico

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New Mexico

2022 Educational Attainment Data for New Mexico

Historical Labor Force Data for New Mexico

Migration Data for New Mexico

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