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

All 33 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harding County | 15.3 |
| 2 | Cibola County | 10.5 |
| 3 | McKinley County | 9 |
| 4 | Torrance County | 9 |
| 5 | Otero County | 8.6 |
| 6 | De Baca County | 8.4 |
| 7 | Grant County | 8.4 |
| 8 | Curry County | 8.2 |
| 9 | Taos County | 7.6 |
| 10 | Quay County | 7.4 |
| 11 | San Juan County | 7.3 |
| 12 | Valencia County | 7 |
| 13 | Lea County | 6.9 |
| 14 | Doña Ana County | 6.8 |
| 15 | Union County | 6.2 |
| 16 | Eddy County | 5.5 |
| 17 | Roosevelt County | 5.4 |
| 18 | Luna County | 5.4 |
| 19 | Bernalillo County | 5.3 |
| 20 | Santa Fe County | 5.3 |
| 21 | Sandoval County | 5.2 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 5.1 |
| 23 | Chaves County | 5 |
| 24 | Rio Arriba County | 4.9 |
| 25 | San Miguel County | 4.8 |
| 26 | Catron County | 4.2 |
| 27 | Sierra County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Mora County | 3.8 |
| 29 | Colfax County | 3.8 |
| 30 | Hidalgo County | 3.5 |
| 31 | Guadalupe County | 2.6 |
| 32 | Socorro County | 1.3 |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 0.6 |