Census in New Mexico, Volume I

Total Persons and Population Density

                                                              Persons per
                                                  % Change    Square Mile
                   1980 1/           1990        1980-1990       1990
	       -------------    --------------   ----------   ------------	 
 County         Number  Rank*    Number   Rank*    %   Rank*    Rate  Rank*
 	      --------  ----   --------   ----   ----  ----    -----  ----
 NEW MEXICO   1,302,89    NA   1,515,06     NA   16.3    NA     12.5    NA
 Bernalillo    419,700     1    480,577      1   14.5    12    412.1     1
 Catron          2,720    31      2,563     31   -5.8    28      0.4    33
 Chaves         51,103     7     57,849      7   13.2    13      9.5    13
 Cibola 2/      30,402    13     23,794     16   -21.    33      5.2    20
 Colfax         13,667    21     12,925     22   -5.4    27      3.4    22
 Curry          42,019    10     42,207     12    0.4    24     30.0     6
 De Baca         2,454    32      2,252     32   -8.2    30      1.0    31
 Dona Ana       96,340     2    135,510      2   40.7     3     35.6     5
 Eddy           47,855     8     48,605     10    1.6    22     11.6    10
 Grant          26,204    15     27,676     14    5.6    19      7.0    15
 Guadalupe       4,496    29      4,156     29   -7.6    29      1.4    29
 Harding         1,090    33        987     33   -9.4    31      0.5    32
 Hidalgo         6,049    27      5,958     27   -1.5    26      1.7    28
 Lea            55,993     6     55,765      8   -0.4    25     12.7     9
 Lincoln        10,997    23     12,219     23   11.1    16      2.5    24
 Los Alamos     17,599    18     18,115     18    2.9    20    165.6     2
 Luna           15,585    20     18,110     19   16.2    11      6.1    17
 McKinley       56,449     5     60,686      6    7.5    17     11.1    11
 Mora            4,205    30      4,264     28    1.4    23      2.2    27
 Otero          44,665     9     51,928      9   16.3    10      7.8    14
 Quay           10,577    24     10,823     24    2.3    21      3.8    21
 Rio Arriba     29,282    14     34,365     13   17.4    8       5.9    18
 Roosevelt      15,695    19     16,702     20    6.4    18      6.8    16
 Sandoval       34,799    11     63,319      5   82.0     1     17.1     7
 San Juan       81,433     3     91,605      4   12.5    15     16.6     8
 San Miguel     22,751    16     25,743     15   13.2    14      5.5    19
 Santa Fe       75,360     4     98,928      3   31.3     5     51.8     3
 Sierra          8,454    25      9,912     26   17.2     9      2.4    25
 Socorro        12,566    22     14,764     21   17.5     7      2.2    26
 Taos           19,456    17     23,118     17   18.8     6     10.5    12
 Torrance        7,491    26     10,285     25   37.3     4      3.1    23
 Union           4,725    28      4,124     30  -12.7    32      1.1    30
 Valencia 2/    30,713    12     45,235     11   47.3     2     42.4     4


*   Rankings are based on unrounded numbers.  Therefore, identical rounded values
    may appear in the table, but ranks may differ.  However, in the case of a true
    tie, counties share the same rank and the next lower rank is omitted.

NA  Not applicable.

1/  The 1980 total population figures shown in this table are unrevised.  They are
    consistent with the various characteristics appearing in the rest of this section
    in the web site.

2/  Cibola County was organized from a portion of Valencia County in July 1981.
    Therefore, 1980 population characteristics are not explicitly available for
    Cibola or "new" Valencia counties.  Instead, 1980 figures for the two counties
    were estimated by aggregating data for census county divisions (CCDs).  The
    CCDs are subcounty areas that can be summed to approximate the current boundaries
    of each county.  These approximate 1980 boundaries are not identical to the 1990
    county boundaries.  However, the boundary errors are fairly minor and occur in
    relatively unpopulated areas.  Therefore, the 1980 data for the approximated
    counties are reasonably comparable to the 1990 data for the actual counties.
    The sum of Fence Lake, Grants, Laguna and Zuni-Ramah CCDs approximates Cibola
    County, while the Belen and Los Lunas CCDs approximate Valencia County.

Source:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico,
Census in New Mexico, Volume 1; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, 1980 and 1990 Censuses.

Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.