Counties in New Mexico by median household income

Name: Counties in New Mexico by median household income, 2023
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 2023, at $143,188. Sierra County had the lowest, at $37,840. The median was $51,765 and the figure for New Mexico was $62,125. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest143,188Los Alamos County

Lowest37,840Sierra County

Median51,76533 counties

New Mexico62,125History

All counties, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 USD	Change on 2022
1	Los Alamos County	143,188	+5.4%
2	Sandoval County	84,053	+10%
3	Eddy County	79,605	+2.8%
4	Santa Fe County	74,689	+5.9%
5	Lea County	68,750	+4.4%
6	Bernalillo County	66,514	+6.9%
7	Taos County	58,908	+6.8%
8	Valencia County	58,333	+3.7%
9	Curry County	56,259	+1.5%
10	Doña Ana County	55,663	+8.6%
11	Rio Arriba County	53,901	+3.6%
12	San Juan County	53,020	+4.5%
13	Otero County	52,717	+3.7%
14	Colfax County	52,690	+13.8%
15	Roosevelt County	52,445	-0.4%
16	Chaves County	52,029	+4.7%
17	Cibola County	51,765	+3.8%
18	Lincoln County	51,643	+7.8%
19	Mora County	50,178	+24.7%
20	Hidalgo County	49,076	-8.5%
21	Socorro County	47,556	+16.8%
22	San Miguel County	47,400	+9%
23	Catron County	46,439	+3.7%
24	Torrance County	46,250	-8.8%
25	Grant County	45,921	+2.3%
26	Union County	45,319	+8.6%
27	McKinley County	44,496	+1.1%
28	Quay County	43,698	+12.1%
29	Harding County	41,250	+4.5%
30	De Baca County	40,804	+17.6%
31	Guadalupe County	40,149	+3.7%
32	Luna County	37,917	-0.8%
33	Sierra County	37,840	+7.3%

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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest median household income?

Los Alamos County, with $143,188 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median household income?

Sierra County, with $37,840 in 2023.

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.