2022 population: 20,411 ( 86 from 2010 , 138 from 2020)
Land area: 4831.1 square miles
Population density: 4.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	12,130	59.43%	10.8%
Black:	140	0.69%	89.2%
Indian:	610	2.99%	49.9%
Asian:	135	0.66%	87.5%
2+ races:	302	1.48%	43.8%
Hispanic:	7,094	34.76%	16.1%

Total non-White:	8,281	40.57%	20.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	355	8.8
Deaths:	561	13.8
Net Migration:	357	8.8
Net Immigration:	-7	-0.2

Change in White population:	-1,470	-7.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,384	6.8

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
20,497
13,600	66.35%
74	0.36%
407	1.99%
72	0.35%
210	1.02%
6,110	29.81%
6,897	33.65%

2000
19,411
13,763	70.90%
47	0.24%
317	1.63%
55	0.28%
225	1.16%
4,975	25.63%
5,648	29.10%

1990
12,219
8,611	70.47%
75	0.61%
137	1.12%
18	0.15%
n/a
3,378	27.65%
3,608	29.53%

1980
10,997
7,953	72.32%
19	0.17%
69	0.63%
6	0.05%
n/a
2,927	26.62%
3,044	27.68%

1970
7,560
4,846	64.10%
27	0.36%
54	0.71%
6	0.08%
n/a
2,568	33.97%
2,714	35.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,067	10.6
1,540	7.9
666	3.4
478	2.5

-163	-0.8
1,249	6.4

Number	Rate
1990's
1,846	15.1
1,371	11.2
4,202	34.4
209	1.7

5,152	42.2
2,040	16.7

Number	Rate
1980's
2,170	19.7
973	8.8
92	0.8
n/a

658	6.0
564	5.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,603	34.4
n/a

3,107	41.1
330	4.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln 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
51.7
3,443	16.9%
16,968	83.1%
5,980	29.3%

9,031
2.22

5,552	61.5%
4,134	74.5%
405	7.3%
3,479	38.5%

2010
Number	Percent
49.4
3,888	19.0%
16,609	81.0%
4,505	22.0%

9,219
2.21

5,859	63.6%
4,567	77.9%
492	8.4%
3,360	36.4%

2000
Number	Percent
43.7
4,405	22.7%
15,006	77.3%
3,486	18.0%

8,206
2.34

5,650	68.9%
4,568	80.8%
475	8.4%
2,556	31.1%

1990
Number	Percent
37.5
3,120	25.5%
9,099	74.5%
1,930	15.8%

4,761
2.50

3,442	72.3%
2,867	83.3%
249	7.2%
1,319	27.7%

1980
Number	Percent
32.3
3,145	28.6%
7,852	71.4%
1,360	12.4%

4,128
2.62

3,049	73.9%
2,623	86.0%
190	6.2%
1,079	26.1%

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, NM

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	813	9.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	356	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	453	5.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	891	9.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	749	8.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	421	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	400	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	236	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	507	5.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	719	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	964	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	826	9.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	425	4.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	302	3.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	634	7.0%
$200,000 or more	335	3.7%

Median Household Income	47,919
Per Capita Income	31,332

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	96
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	459	5.1%
Public Assistance	426	4.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,401	15.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,978	57.0%
Unemployed	322	4.6%
In Armed Forces	11	0.2%

Total Labor Force	4,311	61.8%
Not in Labor Force	2,670	38.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		42.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,865	2,569	42.1%
Non-Profit	79	122	39.3%
Self-Employed	1,233	1,066	53.6%

Local Government	311	327	48.7%
State Government	258	316	44.9%
Federal Government	172	46	78.9%

Total Private + Self	3,098	3,635	46.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	820	811	50.3%
Total	3,918	4,446	46.8%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,138	13.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,718	20.4%
Professional, Technical	1,565	18.6%
Service Occupations	2,080	24.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	60	0.7%
All others	1,905	22.7%

White Collar		52.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	1,228	14.6%
Retail trade	1,098	13.1%
Health care and social assistance	896	10.7%
Accommodation and food services	873	10.4%
Educational services	633	7.5%
Public administration	534	6.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	492	5.9%
Other services	475	5.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	456	5.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	307	3.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	290	3.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	278	3.3%
Transportation and warehousing	240	2.9%
Finance and insurance	151	1.8%
Utilities	146	1.7%
Wholesale trade	87	1.0%
Manufacturing	85	1.0%
Information	74	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	63	0.7%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,148	30.40%
Puerto Rican	50	0.25%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	10	0.05%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	1	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	9	0.04%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	734	3.63%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Thai	23	0.11%
Korean	19	0.09%
Japanese	15	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	15,989	82.4%
Spanish	3,082	15.9%
Other	229	1.2%
Other Asian	63	0.3%
Other Indo-European	14	0.1%
German, other Germanic	12	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	8	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,242	11.1%
English	2,148	10.6%
Irish	1,962	9.7%
American	1,870	9.2%
European	614	3.0%
French	366	1.8%
Scottish	323	1.6%
Italian	306	1.5%
Welsh	176	0.9%
Polish	144	0.7%
Austrian	135	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	124	0.6%
British	118	0.6%
Eastern European	107	0.5%
Russian	100	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	19,764	97.7%
Not a citizen	458	2.3%

Native	19,370	95.8%
Foreign-born	852	4.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
515	3.4%	1,000	6.5%	4,505	29.3%	5,618	36.6%	2,191	14.3%	1,540	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	515	3.4%
9-12 Years	1,000	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,505	29.3%
Some College	5,618	36.6%
Bach. Degree	2,191	14.3%
Grad Degree	1,540	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	6,000	5,646	354	5.9%	6.7%
1991	6,145	5,702	443	7.2%	7.2%
1992	6,396	5,935	461	7.2%	7.3%
1993	6,556	6,162	394	6.0%	7.3%
1994	7,018	6,603	415	5.9%	6.5%
1995	6,914	6,277	637	9.2%	6.7%
1996	6,898	6,316	582	8.4%	7.5%
1997	7,247	6,787	460	6.3%	6.4%
1998	7,594	7,224	370	4.9%	6.2%
1999	7,566	7,253	313	4.1%	5.6%

2000	9,586	9,174	412	4.3%	5.0%
2001	9,699	9,286	413	4.3%	5.0%
2002	10,223	9,812	411	4.0%	5.5%
2003	10,750	10,286	464	4.3%	5.9%
2004	10,910	10,449	461	4.2%	5.6%
2005	10,664	10,179	485	4.5%	5.2%
2006	10,351	9,945	406	3.9%	4.2%
2007	10,731	10,413	318	3.0%	3.6%
2008	10,925	10,553	372	3.4%	4.3%
2009	10,759	10,169	590	5.5%	7.1%

2010	9,314	8,646	668	7.2%	7.8%
2011	9,062	8,471	591	6.5%	7.2%
2012	8,975	8,401	574	6.4%	7.0%
2013	8,858	8,290	568	6.4%	6.9%
2014	8,855	8,329	526	5.9%	6.6%
2015	8,751	8,240	511	5.8%	6.6%
2016	8,708	8,184	524	6.0%	6.7%
2017	8,786	8,307	479	5.5%	6.1%
2018	8,775	8,375	400	4.6%	4.9%
2019	9,059	8,629	430	4.7%	5.0%

2020	8,943	8,154	789	8.8%	8.4%
2021	8,783	8,099	684	7.8%	7.1%
2022	8,833	8,478	355	4.0%	4.0%
2023	9,073	8,781	292	3.2%	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	17,698
Median Value	$195,800

Occupied	9,031	51.0%
Vacant	8,667	49.0%

Owned	7,000	77.5%
Rented	2,031	22.5%
Median Rent	$831

Single-Family Units	12,042	68.0%
Detached	11,565	65.3%
Attached	477	2.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	690	3.9%
Mobile Homes	4,317	24.4%

Lincoln County, NM

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln County, NM

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, NM

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lincoln County, NM

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lincoln County, NM

Historical Labor Force Data for Lincoln County, NM