New Mexico

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	12.48
People per square mile, 2000:	14.99

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	0		1880	119,565		1970	1,017,055
1800	0		1890	160,282		1980	1,303,302
1810	0		1900	195,310		1990	1,515,069
1820	0		1910	327,301		2000	1,819,046
1830	0		1920	360,350		2010	1,980,225
1840	0		1930	423,317		2020	2,084,341
1850	61,547		1940	531,818		2030	2,099,708
1860	93,516		1950	681,187
1870	91,874		1960	951,023

Population By County

	Census 2000 Population	Change	Percent Change
NEW MEXICO	1,819,046	303,977	20.1
Bernalillo County	556,678	76,101	15.8
Catron County	3,543	980	38.2
Chaves County	61,382	3,533	6.1
Cibola County	25,595	1,801	7.6
Colfax County	14,189	1,264	9.8
Curry County	45,044	2,837	6.7
DeBaca County	2,240	-12	-0.5
Dona Ana County	174,682	39,172	28.9
Eddy County	51,658	3,053	6.3
Grant County	31,002	3,326	12.0
Guadalupe County	4,680	524	12.6
Harding County	810	-177	-17.9
Hidalgo County	5,932	-26	-0.4
Lea County	55,511	-254	-0.5
Lincoln County	19,411	7,192	58.9
Los Alamos County	18,343	228	1.3
Luna County	25,016	6,906	38.1
McKinley County	74,798	14,112	23.3
Mora County	5,180	916	21.5
Otero County	62,298	10,370	20.0
Quay County	10,155	-668	-6.2
Rio Arriba County	41,190	6,825	19.9
Roosevelt County	18,018	1,316	7.9
Sandoval County	89,908	26,589	42.0
San Juan County	113,801	22,196	24.2
San Miguel County	30,126	4,383	17.0
Santa Fe County	129,292	30,364	30.7
Sierra County	13,270	3,358	33.9
Socorro County	18,078	3,314	22.4
Taos County	29,979	6,861	29.7
Torrance County	16,911	6,626	64.4
Union County	4,174	50	1.2
Valencia County	66,152	20,917	46.2

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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