Total Population for New Mexico Counties:  1990 and 2000
By Size of County in 2000
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   Population                                                  Population change,
      Rank                              Population                 1990 to 2000
  -----------   Geographic       ----------------------       ---------------------
  2000   1990   Area                  2000      1990 1/        Number       Percent
  ----   ----   ----------        ---------    ---------       -------       -------
   NA     NA    NEW MEXICO        1,819,046    1,515,069       303,977          20.1
    1      1    Bernalillo          556,678      480,577        76,101          15.8
    2      2    Dona Ana            174,682      135,510        39,172          28.9
    3      3    Santa Fe            129,292       98,928        30,364          30.7
    4      4    San Juan            113,801       91,605        22,196          24.2
    5      5    Sandoval             89,908       63,319        26,589          42.0
    6      6    McKinley             74,798       60,686        14,112          23.3
    7     11    Valencia             66,152       45,235        20,917          46.2
    8      9    Otero                62,298       51,928        10,370          20.0
    9      7    Chaves               61,382       57,849         3,533           6.1
   10      8    Lea                  55,511       55,765          -254          -0.5
   11     10    Eddy                 51,658       48,605         3,053           6.3
   12     12    Curry                45,044       42,207         2,837           6.7
   13     13    Rio Arriba           41,190       34,365         6,825          19.9
   14     14    Grant                31,002       27,676         3,326          12.0
   15     15    San Miguel           30,126       25,743         4,383          17.0
   16     17    Taos                 29,979       23,118         6,861          29.7
   17     16    Cibola               25,595       23,794         1,801           7.6
   18     19    Luna                 25,016       18,110         6,906          38.1
   19     23    Lincoln              19,411       12,219         7,192          58.9
   20     18    Los Alamos           18,343       18,115           228           1.3
   21     21    Socorro              18,078       14,764         3,314          22.4
   22     20    Roosevelt            18,018       16,702         1,316           7.9
   23     25    Torrance             16,911       10,285         6,626          64.4
   24     22    Colfax               14,189       12,925         1,264           9.8
   25     26    Sierra               13,270        9,912         3,358          33.9
   26     24    Quay                 10,155       10,823          -668          -6.2
   27     27    Hidalgo               5,932        5,958           -26          -0.4
   28     28    Mora                  5,180        4,264           916          21.5
   29     29    Guadalupe             4,680        4,156           524          12.6
   30     30    Union                 4,174        4,124            50           1.2
   31     31    Catron                3,543        2,563           980          38.2
   32     32    De Baca               2,240        2,252           -12          -0.5
   33     33    Harding                 810          987          -177         -17.9


1/   1990 census counts are as published in 1990 census reports and thus do not 
     include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the 
     Count Question Resolution program.

NA   Not applicable.

Note:  Data not adjusted based on the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation.  For information
on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expplu.html.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171)
Summary File, Table PL1, and 1990 census.

If you have questions regarding this redistricting data, or about any Census 2000 issues, please contact Data Bank staff at (505)277-6626 or by e-mailing us at dbinfo@unm.edu.

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