# Counties in New Mexico by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, 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 B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Alamos County | 67.8 |
| 2 | Roosevelt County | 63.5 |
| 3 | Curry County | 63.3 |
| 4 | De Baca County | 62.8 |
| 5 | Bernalillo County | 62.4 |
| 6 | Eddy County | 62.1 |
| 7 | Lea County | 61.4 |
| 8 | Sandoval County | 59 |
| 9 | Doña Ana County | 58.3 |
| 10 | Santa Fe County | 57.3 |
| 11 | Otero County | 56 |
| 12 | Chaves County | 55.8 |
| 13 | Quay County | 55.5 |
| 14 | Taos County | 55.4 |
| 15 | Torrance County | 53.7 |
| 16 | Hidalgo County | 53.6 |
| 17 | San Juan County | 53.1 |
| 18 | Rio Arriba County | 53.1 |
| 19 | Valencia County | 52.4 |
| 20 | Guadalupe County | 52 |
| 21 | Lincoln County | 51.8 |
| 22 | San Miguel County | 50.6 |
| 23 | Harding County | 50.5 |
| 24 | McKinley County | 48.6 |
| 25 | Colfax County | 48 |
| 26 | Mora County | 46 |
| 27 | Grant County | 45.1 |
| 28 | Luna County | 44.9 |
| 29 | Union County | 44.1 |
| 30 | Cibola County | 43.7 |
| 31 | Socorro County | 40.7 |
| 32 | Sierra County | 37.4 |
| 33 | Catron County | 31.7 |