New Mexico County Population Estimates
1980-1990
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                      1990       1989       1988       1987       1986       1985
County           (April 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)
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NEW MEXICO       1,515,069  1,503,901  1,490,336  1,478,519  1,462,728  1,438,360
Bernalillo         480,577    478,795    472,977    468,550    459,938    452,555
Catron               2,563      2,566      2,619      2,617      2,579      2,594
Chaves              57,849     57,105     55,922     55,667     56,419     56,517
Cibola              23,794     23,905     23,819     23,602     23,528     24,372
Colfax              12,925     13,014     13,586     13,832     14,272     14,185
Curry               42,207     42,294     42,830     43,312     43,223     42,890
De Baca              2,252      2,263      2,243      2,326      2,363      2,441
Dona Ana           135,510    132,957    130,016    125,032    120,474    116,321
Eddy                48,605     48,004     48,932     50,586     52,453     52,477
Grant               27,676     27,474     27,097     26,711     26,638     26,852
Guadalupe            4,156      4,254      4,224      4,188      4,292      4,409
Harding                987        991        941        940        966        944
Hidalgo              5,958      6,001      6,066      6,155      6,188      6,434
Lea                 55,765     56,829     58,079     60,094     64,312     65,293
Lincoln             12,219     12,281     12,639     12,970     13,190     13,359
Los Alamos          18,115     18,112     18,097     18,120     18,066     17,928
Luna                18,110     17,972     17,610     17,396     17,090     17,062
McKinley            60,686     59,573     59,963     61,507     61,020     60,879
Mora                 4,264      4,279      4,318      4,334      4,460      4,532
Otero               51,928     52,471     52,438     52,149     51,463     50,312
Quay                10,823     10,928     11,202     11,554     11,579     11,750
Rio Arriba          34,365     33,763     33,448     33,206     32,780     32,197
Roosevelt           16,702     16,471     16,688     16,689     16,916     16,623
Sandoval            63,319     61,072     59,039     55,488     50,920     46,902
San Juan            91,605     92,413     92,031     92,289     93,577     91,644
San Miguel          25,743     25,502     25,663     25,553     25,554     25,337
Santa Fe            98,928     96,962     94,507     92,323     89,134     85,676
Sierra               9,912      9,682      9,464      9,457      9,275      9,191
Socorro             14,764     14,802     14,779     14,393     14,434     14,081
Taos                23,118     22,763     22,697     22,633     22,775     22,545
Torrance            10,285     10,242      9,969      9,722      8,998      8,530
Union                4,124      4,234      4,442      4,560      4,849      4,912
Valencia            45,235     43,927     41,991     40,564     39,003     36,616


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                      1984       1983       1982       1981       1980
County            (July 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)   (July 1)  (April 1)
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NEW MEXICO       1,416,719  1,394,362  1,363,822  1,332,747  1,303,303
Bernalillo         447,307    441,597    433,469    430,023    420,262
Catron               2,750      2,731      2,666      2,694      2,720
Chaves              56,455     56,263     53,647     51,468     51,103
Cibola              24,700     26,321     28,211     29,756     30,347
Colfax              14,199     14,370     14,153     13,894     13,667
Curry               42,955     43,166     41,970     42,081     42,019
De Baca              2,411      2,441      2,426      2,351      2,454
Dona Ana           112,474    107,627    103,448     99,623     96,340
Eddy                52,581     53,266     52,233     49,737     47,855
Grant               27,035     27,259     27,969     26,970     26,204
Guadalupe            4,509      4,483      4,290      4,419      4,496
Harding              1,008      1,005      1,016      1,043      1,090
Hidalgo              6,388      6,470      6,332      6,156      6,049
Lea                 64,992     66,164     64,227     59,717     55,993
Lincoln             13,292     12,590     11,667     11,211     10,997
Los Alamos          17,817     17,492     17,795     17,555     17,599
Luna                16,957     16,391     16,193     15,719     15,585
McKinley            58,863     57,679     56,880     55,997     56,536
Mora                 4,452      4,410      4,252      4,238      4,205
Otero               49,095     47,950     46,036     45,002     44,665
Quay                11,515     10,761     10,643     10,456     10,577
Rio Arriba          31,581     30,644     30,078     29,572     29,282
Roosevelt           16,556     16,489     16,061     15,584     15,695
Sandoval            42,619     38,938     37,418     35,691     34,400
San Juan            91,339     90,708     88,833     85,794     81,433
San Miguel          24,732     23,961     23,186     23,017     22,751
Santa Fe            84,106     82,250     80,118     77,222     75,519
Sierra               9,144      8,919      8,942      8,797      8,454
Socorro             13,865     13,717     13,508     13,286     12,566
Taos                22,313     21,359     20,654     19,914     19,456
Torrance             8,278      8,045      7,883      7,566      7,491
Union                5,091      5,120      5,219      4,815      4,725
Valencia            35,340     33,776     32,399     31,379     30,768


Note:  Cibola County was organized from Valencia County in 1981.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research,
University of New Mexico.