# Counties in New Mexico by average household size, 2024

All 33 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McKinley County | 3.3 |
| 2 | Cibola County | 3 |
| 3 | Socorro County | 2.9 |
| 4 | Lea County | 2.9 |
| 5 | San Juan County | 2.9 |
| 6 | Valencia County | 2.8 |
| 7 | Luna County | 2.7 |
| 8 | Hidalgo County | 2.7 |
| 9 | Sandoval County | 2.7 |
| 10 | Otero County | 2.7 |
| 11 | Guadalupe County | 2.7 |
| 12 | Chaves County | 2.6 |
| 13 | Harding County | 2.6 |
| 14 | Doña Ana County | 2.6 |
| 15 | Eddy County | 2.5 |
| 15 | Rio Arriba County | 2.5 |
| 15 | Torrance County | 2.5 |
| 18 | Curry County | 2.5 |
| 19 | Union County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Roosevelt County | 2.4 |
| 21 | Grant County | 2.4 |
| 22 | Los Alamos County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Bernalillo County | 2.3 |
| 24 | Taos County | 2.2 |
| 25 | Colfax County | 2.2 |
| 25 | Santa Fe County | 2.2 |
| 27 | San Miguel County | 2.2 |
| 28 | Mora County | 2.1 |
| 29 | Sierra County | 2.1 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 2 |
| 31 | Catron County | 2 |
| 32 | Quay County | 1.9 |
| 33 | De Baca County | 1.9 |