New Mexico Population 2024

New Mexico is the southwestern region of U.S., border by Texas to the east-southwest, Oklahoma to the northeast, Arizona to the west, Chihuahua(Mexico) to the south. New Mexico population in 2024 is expected to be 2.11 million, Thirty-sixth populous state, Its area is 121,590 sq miles(314,917 sq km) which is fifth largest state in the US. New Mexico is the wine producing state and Santa Fe is the nation's highest state capital located at 7,199 feet above sea level. New Mexico has one of the most diverse landscapes in the world. Before US dropping the bomb in Japan's Nagasaki, it was tested in New Mexico desert sands in July 1945. New Mexico is home to largest hot air balloon festival in the world, happens every October. New Mexico state is a poor in per capita, ranking among the lowest in the country in per capita income, and the poorest town is Deming. Albuquerque is one of the cultural centers of the Southwest. Santa Fe, Alamogordo, Rio Rancho, Carlsbad and Hobbs is the most affordable city in New Mexico.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of New Mexico
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of New Mexico

According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, NM population in 2020 is 2,117,522. New Mexico population in 2023 is expected to be 2.11 million, population in 2022 is expected to be 2.113 million, and in 2021 is expected to be 2.1 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	2,064,588
2011	2,080,395	0.77
2012	2,087,549	0.34
2013	2,092,792	0.25
2014	2,090,342	-0.12
2015	2,090,211	-0.01
2016	2,092,789	0.12
2017	2,093,395	0.03
2018	2,095,428	0.10
2019	2,096,895	0.07
2020	2,117,522	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	2,115,877	-0.08
2022*	2,113,550	-0.11
2023*	2,115,240	0.08

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

New Mexico Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of New Mexico by race are: 74.24% of the New Mexico population are White Americans, 2% are Black Africans, 9.45% are AIAN.

White Population

White population in New Mexico are 1,547,843, percentage wise 74.24 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in New Mexico are 42,187, percentage wise 2.02 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in New Mexico, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in New Mexico are 29,991, percentage wise 1.44 percent are asians, out of these 4,091 are Asian Indians, 6,169 are Chinese, 6,092 are Filipinos, 2,210 are Japanese, 2,257 are Korean, 4,646 are Vietnamese and 4,526 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in New Mexico are 1,004,103. Percentage wise 48.16 percent are hispanics, out of these 659,293 are Mexican people, 8,941 are Puerto Ricans, 4,282 are Cubans, and 331,587 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

657 are Native Hawaiians, 139 are Guamanian/Chamorros, 239 are Samoans, 1226 are Cherokee tribals, 372 are Chippewa tribals, 1,149 are Sioux tribals and 120,116 are Navajo tribal grouping.

Total Population	2,084,828	Percent
White	1,547,843	74.24%
Black or African American	42,187	2.02%
American Indian and Alaska Native	197,191	9.458%
Cherokee tribal grouping	1,226	0.059%
Chippewa tribal grouping	372	0.018%
Navajo tribal grouping	120,116	5.761%
Sioux tribal grouping	1,149	0.055%
Asian Population	29,991	1.44%
Asian Indian	4,091	0.20%
Chinese	6,169	0.30%
Filipino	6,092	0.29%
Japanese	2,210	0.11%
Korean	2,257	0.11%
Vietnamese	4,646	0.22%
Other Asian Population	4,526
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,390	0.07%
Native Hawaiian	657	0.032%
Guamanian or Chamorro	139	0.007%
Samoan	239	0.011%
Other Pacific Islander	355
Some other race	197,944
Hispanic or Latino	1,004,103	48.16%
Mexican	659,293	31.62%
Puerto Rican	8,941	0.43%
Cuban	4,282	0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino	331,587

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of New Mexico

Top populated cities of New Mexico are Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Albuquerque	560,218
2	Las Cruces	102,926
3	Rio Rancho	98,023
4	Santa Fe	84,612

Population Pyramid

The population pyramid of New Mexico according to 2021 estimates.

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

New Mexico Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of New Mexico by age is 2,084,828, out of these 1,032,086 are male, 1,052,742 are female, The sex ratio of New Mexico is 980. The New Mexico population by age are, under 15 years is 414,039, 15 years and over is 1,670,789, 30 years and over is 1,241,483, 65 years and over is 328,682 and 85 years and over is 36,317. 49.50 percent are male, 50.50 percent are female, 19.86 percent are under 15 years old, 80.14 percent are 15 years and over, 59.55 percent are 30 years and over, 15.77 percent are 65 years and over, 1.74 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in NM

New Mexico language spoken at home are 1.976 are speak only english, 521774 are Spanish, 4580 are French including Cajun, 203 are Haiti speakers, 666 are Italian, 249 are Portuguese, 4,680 are German, 841 are Yiddish/Pennsylvanian, 386 are Greek, 787 are Russian, 881 are Polish, 312 are Ukrainian/other slavic languages, 194 are Armenian, 1508 are Persian including Farsi, Dari. Indian speakers include 628 speak Hindi, 964 are Gujarati, 1046 Urdu, 62 are Punjabi, 749 are Bengali, 947 are Marathi/Nepali, 56 are Telugu speakers, 152 are Tamil, 713 are Malayalam/Kannada. East and Mid Asian speakers include 4755 are Chinese speakers, 1122 are Japanese, 2058 Korean, 5547 are Vietnamese, 1543 are Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 3945 speak Tagalog. Middle-east speakers include 2636 speak Arabic, 142 are Hebrew. African speakers include 605 are Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 1782 are Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	1,269,225	64.96
Spanish Language	541,385	27.71
European Language	22,978	1.18
Asian Languages	18,592	0.95
Other Languages	101,586	5.20

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

New Mexico Education

Population 18 to 24 years		205,471	106,856	98,615
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	36,294	21,395	14,899
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	60,873	34,604	26,269
	Some college or associates degree	97,102	46,520	50,582
	Bachelors degree or higher	11,202	4,337	6,865
Population 25 years and over		1,381,630	671,614	710,016
	Less than 9th grade	89,609	44,578	45,031
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	117,878	61,077	56,801
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	365,014	188,727	176,287
	Some college, no degree	324,980	154,557	170,423
	Associates degree	112,855	48,904	63,951
	Bachelors degree	208,790	96,880	111,910
	Graduate or professional degree	162,504	76,891	85,613

White		615,885	299,940	315,945
	High school graduate or higher	583,033	282,956	300,077
	Bachelors degree or higher	245,122	117,582	127,540
Black or African		25,474	14,589	10,885
	High school graduate or higher	23,192	13,299	9,893
	Bachelors degree or higher	7,370	3,979	3,391
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		118,285	54,945	63,340
	High school graduate or higher	94,109	42,954	51,155
	Bachelors degree or higher	12,452	4,777	7,675
Asian		21,509	8,850	12,659
	High school graduate or higher	18,542	7,676	10,866
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,706	4,754	5,952
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		851	357	494
	High school graduate or higher	697	317	380
	Bachelors degree or higher	108	63	45
Hispanic or Latino Origin		592,234	289,094	303,140
	High school graduate or higher	446,566	214,540	232,026
	Bachelors degree or higher	90,317	39,847	50,470

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	308,280
Male	154,053
Female	154,227
	-
White	233,897
Black or African American	5,775
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	27,943
Asian	2,015
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	268
Some other race	29,696
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	103,438
With a vision difficulty	68,250
With a cognitive difficulty	119,040
With an ambulatory difficulty	164,864
With a self-care difficulty	64,154
With an independent living difficulty	110,844

Counties of New Mexico

Bernalillo County is the most populous county with 678,701 in New Mexico, followed by Do'a Ana County with 217,522, Santa Fe County with 150,056, Sandoval County with 125,043 and San Juan County with 125,043 inhabitants.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Bernalillo County	678,686	678,701	0	1	1
Catron County	3,567	3,578	0.3	31	31
Chaves County	65,153	64,689	-0.7	10	10
Cibola County	26,895	26,746	-0.6	17	17
Colfax County	12,206	12,110	-0.8	24	24
Curry County	49,842	49,437	-0.8	12	12
De Baca County	1,813	1,781	-1.8	32	32
Do?a Ana County	216,186	217,522	0.6	2	2
Eddy County	57,205	57,900	1.2	11	11
Grant County	27,692	27,346	-1.2	16	16
Guadalupe County	4,409	4,341	-1.5	28	28
Harding County	687	655	-4.7	33	33
Hidalgo County	4,305	4,240	-1.5	29	29
Lea County	69,057	69,611	0.8	8	8
Lincoln County	19,483	19,556	0.4	19	19
Los Alamos County	18,804	19,101	1.6	21	20
Luna County	24,148	23,963	-0.8	18	18
McKinley County	72,574	72,290	-0.4	7	7
Mora County	4,542	4,506	-0.8	27	27
Otero County	66,198	66,781	0.9	9	9
Quay County	8,310	8,253	-0.7	26	26
Rio Arriba County	39,191	39,006	-0.5	13	13
Roosevelt County	18,905	18,743	-0.9	20	21
Sandoval County	142,624	145,179	1.8	4	4
San Juan County	126,902	125,043	-1.5	5	5
San Miguel County	27,782	27,591	-0.7	15	15
Santa Fe County	149,617	150,056	0.3	3	3
Sierra County	11,090	10,968	-1.1	25	25
Socorro County	16,885	16,735	-0.9	22	22
Taos County	32,862	32,835	-0.1	14	14
Torrance County	15,593	15,591	0	23	23
Union County	4,188	4,118	-1.7	30	30
Valencia County	75,994	76,456	0.6	6	6