# Cities in New Mexico by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. 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 B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Las Vegas, NM | 32 |
| 2 | Deming, NM | 30.9 |
| 3 | Portales, NM | 28.1 |
| 4 | Gallup, NM | 26.8 |
| 5 | Roswell, NM | 26 |
| 6 | Lovington, NM | 25 |
| 7 | Las Cruces, NM | 22.6 |
| 8 | Sunland Park, NM | 22.4 |
| 9 | Clovis, NM | 21.7 |
| 10 | Española, NM | 20.4 |
| 11 | Hobbs, NM | 19.7 |
| 12 | Los Lunas, NM | 18.2 |
| 13 | Farmington, NM | 17.4 |
| 14 | Alamogordo, NM | 16.6 |
| 15 | Artesia, NM | 15.7 |
| 16 | Albuquerque, NM | 15.5 |
| 17 | Carlsbad, NM | 13.8 |
| 18 | Santa Fe, NM | 12.9 |
| 19 | Rio Rancho, NM | 7.4 |