Counties in New Mexico by median age, 2024

Name: Counties in New Mexico by median age, 2024
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Catron County had the highest median age of 33 counties in 2024, at 63.8 years. Curry County had the lowest, at 31.9 years. The median was 40.3 years and the figure for New Mexico was 39.4 years. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest63.8Catron County

Lowest31.9Curry County

Median40.333 counties

New Mexico39.4History

All counties, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 years	Change on 2023
1	Catron County	63.8	+1.2
2	Sierra County	57.6	+0.3
3	Mora County	55.1	-3.4
4	Taos County	52.6	+0.7
5	Lincoln County	52.4	-0.3
6	Grant County	49.5	+0.5
7	Colfax County	49.1	0
8	Quay County	48.9	+0.8
9	Santa Fe County	48.7	+0.2
10	San Miguel County	47.2	+0.4
11	Torrance County	43.3	+0.8
12	Hidalgo County	42.6	+0.3
12	Union County	42.6	+2.3
14	Harding County	42.5	-0.6
15	Rio Arriba County	42	-0.4
16	Sandoval County	41.3	+0.2
17	Socorro County	40.3	+0.6
18	Cibola County	40	+1.6
19	Bernalillo County	39.5	+0.2
20	Valencia County	39.4	+0.4
21	Los Alamos County	39.3	-1.8
22	San Juan County	38.3	+0.3
23	Guadalupe County	37.8	-3.8
24	Chaves County	37.2	+0.3
25	Otero County	36.4	+0.1
26	Luna County	36.3	-0.3
27	Eddy County	36.2	+0.3
28	De Baca County	35.3	+0.2
29	McKinley County	34.6	+0.5
30	Doña Ana County	34.3	+0.3
31	Lea County	32.5	0
32	Roosevelt County	32.3	+0.3
33	Curry County	31.9	0

Other periods

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2023
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About this ranking

Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest median age?

Catron County, with 63.8 years in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median age?

Curry County, with 31.9 years in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. Retrieved 2026-10-08.