# Cities in New Mexico by unemployment 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: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. 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 B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, 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-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, 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-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clovis, NM | 8.8 |
| 2 | Alamogordo, NM | 7.5 |
| 3 | Portales, NM | 7.4 |
| 4 | Lovington, NM | 7.3 |
| 5 | Las Cruces, NM | 7 |
| 6 | Hobbs, NM | 6.3 |
| 7 | Artesia, NM | 5.9 |
| 8 | Gallup, NM | 5.7 |
| 9 | Albuquerque, NM | 5.4 |
| 10 | Carlsbad, NM | 5.2 |
| 11 | Santa Fe, NM | 5.1 |
| 12 | Roswell, NM | 5 |
| 13 | Los Lunas, NM | 4.9 |
| 14 | Las Vegas, NM | 4.8 |
| 15 | Rio Rancho, NM | 4.6 |
| 16 | Sunland Park, NM | 4.6 |
| 17 | Española, NM | 4.4 |
| 18 | Farmington, NM | 3.9 |
| 19 | Deming, NM | 2.7 |