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U.S. and New Mexico metrics
Track New Mexico and U.S. population estimates and annual growth using a consistent Census vintage, with historical comparisons, methods, and source downloads.
For Jul 1, 2025, New Mexico annual growth was -0.06%, compared with 0.52% for United States. The difference was 0.58 percentage points lower.
This comparison uses the most recent period available for both series. The cards above show each series' latest published observation. A percentage-point difference and a relative percentage change answer different questions.
Annual population estimates describe how many people live in a geography on July 1. The Census Bureau updates the estimates using births, deaths, and migration after the decennial census.
The state and national histories below come from the same release vintage. This matters because a new release can revise earlier years. The growth chart compares each geography with its own population one year earlier; it does not compare New Mexico's population size directly with the national total.
Population growth is 100 × (current July 1 estimate ÷ previous July 1 estimate − 1). The first year in a vintage has no preceding July 1 observation in this dataset, so its annual growth is unavailable.
Both geographies use the latest available 2020s state/national totals file discovered in the Census release directory. The full historical sequence is replaced together when a new vintage becomes available; estimates from different vintages are not spliced.
These resident-population estimates are distinct from ACS 5-year survey estimates, decennial counts, and population projections. Differences in reference dates and methods can produce different totals without either source being wrong.
Missing observations remain unavailable. Annual changes require the corresponding prior reference period; they are not calculated by moving to an arbitrary earlier row. Observation dates use UTC.
BBER's local profiles include ACS 5-year estimates, which describe a survey period and include sampling uncertainty. This tracker uses July 1 population estimates. Compare the same geography and population program.
No. These are estimates for published reference dates. For future population scenarios and assumptions, use the projections linked in the population data guide.
No. Total change reflects births, deaths, and migration. The raw Census download includes components of change, but a total growth rate does not identify an individual's reason for moving.
The downloads include original source records and normalized comparison observations with column metadata. Cite the source agency, series or release vintage, observation period, and the date you retrieved the data.
For local context, explore county profiles, city and place profiles, population sources and projections, and New Mexico industry employment and wages.