New Mexico County Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau

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Total Population Estimates
New Mexico Counties: 2000 to 2008                  
April 1, 2000r Census
July 1, 2008p July 1, 2007r July 1, 2006r July 1, 2005r July 1, 2004r July 1, 2003r July 1, 2002r July 1, 2001r July 1, 2000r Population 2000
County Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimates Base Population
New Mexico 1,984,356 1,964,402 1,937,916 1,912,884 1,889,266 1,867,909 1,848,986 1,828,330 1,820,704 1,819,041 1,819,046
Bernalillo 635,139 627,785 618,048 606,502 593,734 582,378 573,387 562,388 557,133 556,002 556,678
Catron 3,405 3,414 3,405 3,300 3,368 3,380 3,451 3,464 3,566 3,543 3,543
Chaves 63,060 62,460 61,498 61,189 60,722 60,680 60,433 60,792 61,279 61,382 61,382
Cibola 27,285 27,230 26,976 27,157 27,161 26,971 26,688 26,629 25,645 25,595 25,595
Colfax 12,962 13,183 13,324 13,492 13,668 13,767 14,045 14,055 14,208 14,189 14,189
Curry 43,755 45,007 45,538 45,792 45,733 44,959 44,648 44,631 44,895 45,044 45,044
De Baca 1,907 1,903 1,912 1,996 1,982 2,067 2,114 2,151 2,214 2,240 2,240
Dona Ana 201,603 198,048 193,455 189,330 185,045 182,264 178,574 176,536 174,992 174,682 174,682
Eddy 51,360 50,960 50,638 50,173 50,803 50,700 50,805 50,676 51,414 51,658 51,658
Grant 29,844 29,688 29,363 29,264 29,032 29,482 30,182 30,704 30,890 31,002 31,002
Guadalupe 4,346 4,416 4,395 4,437 4,514 4,696 4,662 4,715 4,684 4,680 4,680
Harding 684 716 736 740 770 754 740 780 803 810 810
Hidalgo 4,910 4,913 4,847 4,938 5,022 5,129 5,280 5,448 5,755 5,932 5,932
Lea 59,155 57,992 56,793 55,990 55,608 55,225 55,375 54,841 55,148 55,508 55,511
Lincoln 20,793 20,702 20,802 20,638 20,405 20,070 19,591 19,425 19,531 19,411 19,411
Los Alamos 18,150 18,497 18,673 18,543 18,531 18,490 18,126 17,650 18,272 18,344 18,343
Luna 27,227 26,805 26,427 26,010 25,561 25,337 25,051 24,840 24,978 25,015 25,016
McKinley 70,724 69,979 70,457 70,541 71,420 71,484 72,879 74,412 74,583 74,798 74,798
Mora 5,052 5,053 5,048 5,041 5,098 5,176 5,177 5,183 5,202 5,180 5,180
Otero 62,776 62,768 62,539 63,119 63,225 62,201 61,478 61,373 62,216 62,299 62,298
Quay 8,929 8,950 9,004 9,136 9,326 9,573 9,684 9,849 10,083 10,156 10,155
Rio Arriba 40,692 40,707 40,652 40,454 40,574 40,607 40,888 40,981 41,236 41,188 41,190
Roosevelt 18,889 19,126 18,878 18,774 18,616 18,558 18,521 18,292 17,984 18,018 18,018
Sandoval 122,298 117,583 111,855 105,625 101,206 98,335 95,632 93,134 91,247 90,584 89,908
San Juan 122,500 122,239 121,620 121,843 120,817 119,742 118,256 115,128 114,042 113,801 113,801
San Miguel 28,558 28,629 28,783 29,053 29,097 29,171 29,484 29,699 30,072 30,124 30,126
Santa Fe 143,937 142,369 140,648 139,190 137,767 136,275 134,390 131,563 129,822 129,295 129,292
Sierra 12,437 12,252 12,373 12,561 12,754 12,999 12,884 13,086 13,243 13,268 13,270
Socorro 18,180 18,082 18,102 18,115 18,015 18,068 17,844 17,977 18,052 18,078 18,078
Taos 31,546 31,508 31,295 31,142 31,112 30,883 30,572 30,094 30,063 29,979 29,979
Torrance 16,269 16,529 16,678 16,672 17,200 16,883 16,534 16,673 16,938 16,910 16,911
Union 3,777 3,762 3,756 3,780 3,769 3,820 3,954 4,029 4,158 4,174 4,174
Valencia 72,207 71,147 69,398 68,347 67,611 67,785 67,657 67,132 66,356 66,152 66,152
p   Preliminary.
r    Revised.
Source:  U.S. Dept. Of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program, Population Division,
2008 round of estimates. Data released March 19, 2009.
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.