# Counties in New Mexico by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 33 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/new-mexico-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/new-mexico-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Catron County | 45.7 |
| 2 | Harding County | 39.9 |
| 3 | Sierra County | 38.6 |
| 4 | Mora County | 34.7 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 34.6 |
| 6 | Grant County | 32.6 |
| 7 | Taos County | 31.8 |
| 8 | Colfax County | 30.7 |
| 9 | Santa Fe County | 29.9 |
| 10 | De Baca County | 29 |
| 11 | Quay County | 28.3 |
| 12 | San Miguel County | 26.2 |
| 13 | Hidalgo County | 24.7 |
| 14 | Rio Arriba County | 24.3 |
| 15 | Torrance County | 24.3 |
| 16 | Socorro County | 22.7 |
| 17 | Luna County | 22.6 |
| 18 | Union County | 22.6 |
| 19 | Guadalupe County | 22.5 |
| 20 | Sandoval County | 22.1 |
| 21 | Otero County | 20.4 |
| 22 | Bernalillo County | 20.2 |
| 23 | Valencia County | 19.9 |
| 24 | Los Alamos County | 19.4 |
| 25 | Cibola County | 19.4 |
| 26 | Doña Ana County | 19.4 |
| 27 | San Juan County | 18.4 |
| 28 | Chaves County | 17.5 |
| 29 | McKinley County | 16.3 |
| 30 | Roosevelt County | 16.2 |
| 31 | Eddy County | 15.5 |
| 32 | Curry County | 14.7 |
| 33 | Lea County | 12.2 |