2022 population: 60,400 ( 6,571 from 2010 , 1,914 from 2020)
Land area: 4176.3 square miles
Population density: 14.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	25,992	43.03%	7.5%
Black:	779	1.29%	32.3%
Indian:	604	1.00%	37.6%
Asian:	505	0.84%	48.1%
2+ races:	718	1.19%	29.4%
Hispanic:	31,802	52.65%	34.0%

Total non-White:	34,408	56.97%	33.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,784	14.3
Deaths:	1,473	11.8
Net Migration:	-2,295	-18.4
Net Immigration:	99	0.8

Change in White population:	-2,119	-3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	8,690	16.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
53,829
28,111	52.22%
589	1.09%
439	0.82%
341	0.63%
555	1.03%
23,731	44.09%
25,718	47.78%

2000
51,658
29,797	57.68%
669	1.30%
382	0.74%
224	0.43%
527	1.02%
20,023	38.76%
21,861	42.32%

1990
48,605
30,406	62.56%
793	1.63%
162	0.33%
193	0.40%
n/a
17,051	35.08%
18,199	37.44%

1980
47,855
32,014	66.90%
730	1.53%
260	0.54%
79	0.17%
n/a
14,701	30.72%
15,841	33.10%

1970
41,119
27,678	67.31%
624	1.52%
58	0.14%
15	0.04%
n/a
12,555	30.53%
13,441	32.69%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
6,838	13.2
4,949	9.6
-1,015	-2.0
487	0.9

-1,686	-3.3
3,857	7.5

Number	Rate
1990's
8,225	16.9
5,158	10.6
-21	-0.0
981	2.0

-609	-1.3
3,662	7.5

Number	Rate
1980's
9,012	18.8
4,491	9.4
-3,700	-7.7
n/a

-1,608	-3.4
2,358	4.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,187	5.3
n/a

4,336	10.5
2,400	5.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Eddy County, NM

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
35.7
16,074	26.6%
44,326	73.4%
8,908	14.7%

22,703
2.67

15,977	70.4%
11,382	71.2%
1,397	8.7%
6,726	29.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.3
14,035	26.1%
39,794	73.9%
7,541	14.0%

20,411
2.59

14,292	70.0%
10,269	71.9%
1,487	10.4%
6,119	30.0%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
14,835	28.7%
36,823	71.3%
7,590	14.7%

19,410
2.62

14,118	72.7%
11,069	78.4%
1,409	10.0%
5,292	27.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.3
14,711	30.3%
33,894	69.7%
7,390	15.2%

17,447
2.75

13,336	76.4%
10,946	82.1%
1,122	8.4%
4,111	23.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.5
15,232	31.8%
32,623	68.2%
5,933	12.4%

16,577
2.86

13,147	79.3%
11,460	87.2%
909	6.9%
3,430	20.7%

2022 Housing Data for Eddy County, NM

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,220	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,035	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	677	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,129	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	554	2.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	805	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	716	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	758	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	483	2.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,374	6.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,928	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,366	14.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,168	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,186	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,520	11.1%
$200,000 or more	1,784	7.9%

Median Household Income	77,458
Per Capita Income	36,274

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	103
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	786	3.5%
Public Assistance	577	2.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,978	13.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	12,559	68.6%
Unemployed	497	2.7%
In Armed Forces	14	0.1%

Total Labor Force	13,070	71.4%
Not in Labor Force	5,248	28.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	11,865	6,797	63.6%
Non-Profit	646	1,552	29.4%
Self-Employed	1,093	700	61.0%

Local Government	751	835	47.4%
State Government	442	1,018	30.3%
Federal Government	929	539	63.3%

Total Private + Self	12,958	7,497	63.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,768	3,944	41.2%
Total	15,726	11,441	57.9%

Pct. Govt.	16.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	4,389	16.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	5,435	19.8%
Professional, Technical	4,838	17.7%
Service Occupations	3,844	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	290	1.1%
All others	8,885	32.4%

White Collar		53.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,360	15.9%
Health care and social assistance	3,227	11.8%
Retail trade	2,771	10.1%
Construction	2,326	8.5%
Accommodation and food services	2,043	7.5%
Educational services	1,902	6.9%
Public administration	1,507	5.5%
Other services	1,331	4.9%
Manufacturing	1,326	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,299	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,079	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	978	3.6%
Finance and insurance	919	3.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	705	2.6%
Wholesale trade	551	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	467	1.7%
Utilities	286	1.0%
Information	199	0.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	115	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	27,248	44.48%
Puerto Rican	104	0.17%
Cuban	193	0.32%
Dominican	64	0.10%

Total Central American	118	0.19%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	39	0.06%
Honduran	79	0.13%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	42	0.07%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	21	0.03%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	21	0.03%

Other Hispanic	3,783	6.17%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	228	0.37%
Indian	73	0.12%
Korean	43	0.07%
Vietnamese	16	0.03%
Chinese	13	0.02%
Burmese	10	0.02%
Japanese	4	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	42,808	75.3%
Spanish	13,670	24.0%
Other	144	0.3%
Tagalog	80	0.1%
German, other Germanic	50	0.1%
Korean	43	0.1%
Other Indo-European	35	0.1%
Other Asian	16	0.0%
Chinese	13	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	4,061	6.6%
German	3,932	6.4%
American	3,521	5.7%
Irish	2,971	4.8%
Italian	633	1.0%
French	630	1.0%
Scottish	453	0.7%
Polish	381	0.6%
European	372	0.6%
British	345	0.6%
Swedish	334	0.5%
Scotch-Irish	263	0.4%
Norwegian	232	0.4%
Welsh	185	0.3%
Dutch	150	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	59,021	96.3%
Not a citizen	2,243	3.7%

Native	57,427	93.7%
Foreign-born	3,837	6.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,565	6.5%	3,766	9.5%	11,803	29.8%	14,288	36.0%	4,615	11.6%	2,616	6.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,565	6.5%
9-12 Years	3,766	9.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	11,803	29.8%
Some College	14,288	36.0%
Bach. Degree	4,615	11.6%
Grad Degree	2,616	6.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	21,523	20,060	1,463	6.8%	6.7%
1991	22,495	20,968	1,527	6.8%	7.2%
1992	22,995	21,187	1,808	7.9%	7.3%
1993	23,324	21,220	2,104	9.0%	7.3%
1994	23,535	21,392	2,143	9.1%	6.5%
1995	22,886	21,013	1,873	8.2%	6.7%
1996	23,063	21,290	1,773	7.7%	7.5%
1997	23,587	22,077	1,510	6.4%	6.4%
1998	24,376	22,666	1,710	7.0%	6.2%
1999	24,007	22,062	1,945	8.1%	5.6%

2000	23,123	21,794	1,329	5.7%	5.0%
2001	23,327	22,155	1,172	5.0%	5.0%
2002	23,760	22,380	1,380	5.8%	5.5%
2003	23,948	22,515	1,433	6.0%	5.9%
2004	23,876	22,554	1,322	5.5%	5.6%
2005	24,258	23,116	1,142	4.7%	5.2%
2006	24,774	23,888	886	3.6%	4.2%
2007	25,690	24,958	732	2.8%	3.6%
2008	27,012	26,222	790	2.9%	4.3%
2009	27,680	26,155	1,525	5.5%	7.1%

2010	25,475	23,916	1,559	6.1%	7.8%
2011	26,368	25,081	1,287	4.9%	7.2%
2012	26,874	25,644	1,230	4.6%	7.0%
2013	27,837	26,565	1,272	4.6%	6.9%
2014	29,214	27,936	1,278	4.4%	6.6%
2015	30,009	28,513	1,496	5.0%	6.6%
2016	28,918	27,013	1,905	6.6%	6.7%
2017	29,408	27,888	1,520	5.2%	6.1%
2018	31,766	30,709	1,057	3.3%	4.9%
2019	34,703	33,593	1,110	3.2%	5.0%

2020	33,700	31,384	2,316	6.9%	8.4%
2021	31,515	29,423	2,092	6.6%	7.1%
2022	31,434	30,394	1,040	3.3%	4.0%
2023	32,215	31,365	850	2.6%	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	26,261
Median Value	$188,400

Occupied	22,703	86.5%
Vacant	3,558	13.5%

Owned	16,667	73.4%
Rented	6,036	26.6%
Median Rent	$1,095

Single-Family Units	19,493	74.2%
Detached	19,013	72.4%
Attached	480	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,558	5.9%
Mobile Homes	4,161	15.8%

Eddy County, NM

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Eddy County, NM

2022 Housing Data for Eddy County, NM

2022 Income & Employment Data for Eddy County, NM

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Eddy County, NM

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Eddy County, NM

Historical Labor Force Data for Eddy County, NM