Counties in New Mexico by median household income

Name: Counties in New Mexico by median household income, 2022
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Los Alamos County had the highest median household income of 33 counties in 2022, at $135,801. De Baca County had the lowest, at $34,702. The median was $49,866 and the figure for New Mexico was $58,722. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest135,801Los Alamos County

Lowest34,702De Baca County

Median49,86633 counties

New Mexico58,722History

All counties, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD	Change on 2021
1	Los Alamos County	135,801	+9.8%
2	Eddy County	77,458	+14.3%
3	Sandoval County	76,424	+10.8%
4	Santa Fe County	70,522	+9.5%
5	Lea County	65,855	+5.7%
6	Bernalillo County	62,220	+9.3%
7	Valencia County	56,246	+4.6%
8	Curry County	55,427	+8.3%
9	Taos County	55,145	+11.4%
10	Hidalgo County	53,651	+16.4%
11	Roosevelt County	52,644	+9.9%
12	Rio Arriba County	52,031	+10.7%
13	Doña Ana County	51,232	+8.7%
14	Otero County	50,833	+8.3%
15	San Juan County	50,734	+6.8%
16	Torrance County	50,727	+13.2%
17	Cibola County	49,866	+5.4%
18	Chaves County	49,673	+4.3%
19	Lincoln County	47,919	+1.4%
20	Colfax County	46,286	+17.2%
21	Grant County	44,895	+13.9%
22	Catron County	44,777	+19%
23	McKinley County	44,029	+9.4%
24	San Miguel County	43,490	+19.2%
25	Union County	41,714	+11.4%
26	Socorro County	40,699	+6.4%
27	Mora County	40,231	+7.1%
28	Harding County	39,489	+10%
29	Quay County	38,998	+17.9%
30	Guadalupe County	38,713	+9.3%
31	Luna County	38,241	+12.8%
32	Sierra County	35,256	-1.9%
33	De Baca County	34,702	+6%

Other periods

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About this ranking

Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

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 B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest median household income?

Los Alamos County, with $135,801 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median household income?

De Baca County, with $34,702 in 2022.

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 B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. Retrieved 2026-10-08.