New Mexico and County Population, 1910 to 2000
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                         2000        1990 r/           1980           1970           1960
                     (April 1)      (April 1)      (April 1)      (April 1)      (April 1)
                     ---------      ---------      ---------      ---------      ---------
New Mexico           1,819,046      1,515,069      1,303,303      1,017,055        951,023
         
Bernalillo             556,678        480,577        420,262        315,774        262,199
Catron 1/                3,543          2,563          2,720          2,198          2,773
Chaves 2/               61,382         57,849         51,103         43,335         57,649
Cibola 3/               25,595         23,794         30,346             na             na
Colfax                  14,189         12,925         13,667         12,170         13,806
Curry                   45,044         42,207         42,019         39,517         32,691
De Baca 2/               2,240          2,252          2,454          2,547          2,991
Dona Ana               174,682        135,510         96,340         69,773         59,948
Eddy 2/                 51,658         48,605         47,855         41,119         50,783
Grant 4/                31,002         27,676         26,204         22,030         18,700
Guadalupe 2/             4,680          4,156          4,496          4,969          5,610
Harding 1/                 810            987          1,090          1,348          1,874
Hidalgo 4/               5,932          5,958          6,049          4,734          4,961
Lea 2/                  55,511         55,765         55,993         49,554         53,429
Lincoln                 19,411         12,219         10,997          7,560          7,744
Los Alamos 5/           18,343         18,115         17,599         15,198         13,037
Luna                    25,016         18,110         15,585         11,706          9,839
McKinley                74,798         60,686         56,536         43,208         37,209
Mora 1/                  5,180          4,264          4,205          4,673          6,028
Otero                   62,298         51,928         44,665         41,097         36,976
Quay                    10,155         10,823         10,577         10,903         12,279
Rio Arriba 6/           41,190         34,365         29,282         25,170         24,193
Roosevelt 2/            18,018         16,702         15,695         16,479         16,198
Sandoval 5/, 7/         89,908         63,319         34,400         17,492         14,201
San Juan               113,801         91,605         81,433         52,517         53,306
San Miguel              30,126         25,743         22,751         21,951         23,468
Santa Fe 5/, 6/, 7/    129,292         98,928         75,519         54,774         44,970
Sierra                  13,270          9,912          8,454          7,189          6,409
Socorro 1/              18,078         14,764         12,566          9,763         10,168
Taos                    29,979         23,118         19,456         17,516         15,934
Torrance                16,911         10,285          7,491          5,290          6,497
Union 1/                 4,174          4,124          4,725          4,925          6,068
Valencia 3/             66,152         45,235         30,769         40,576         39,085


New Mexico and County Population, 1910 to 2000 (Continued)
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                          1950           1940           1930           1920           1910
                      (April 1)      (April 1)      (April 1)       (Jan. 1)     (April 15)
                      ---------      ---------      ---------       --------     ----------
New Mexico             681,187        531,818        423,317        360,350        327,301

Bernalillo             145,637         69,391         45,430         29,855         23,606
Catron 1/                3,533          4,881          3,282             na             na
Chaves 2/               40,605         23,980         19,549         12,075         16,850
Cibola 3/                   na             na             na             na             na
Colfax                  16,761         18,718         19,157         21,550         16,460
Curry                   23,351         18,159         15,809         11,236         11,443
De Baca 2/               3,464          3,725          2,893          3,196             na
Dona Ana                39,557         30,411         27,455         16,548         12,893
Eddy 2/                 40,640         24,311         15,842          9,116         12,400
Grant 4/                21,649         20,050         19,050         21,939         14,813
Guadalupe 2/             6,772          8,646          7,027          8,015         10,927
Harding 1/               3,013          4,374          4,421             na             na
Hidalgo 4/               5,095          4,821          5,023          4,338             na
Lea 2/                  30,717         21,154          6,144          3,545             na
Lincoln                  7,409          8,557          7,198          7,823          7,822
Los Alamos 5/           10,476             na             na             na             na
Luna                     8,753          6,457          6,247         12,270          3,913
McKinley                27,451         23,641         20,643         13,731         12,963
Mora 1/                  8,720         10,981         10,322         13,915         12,611
Otero                   14,909         10,522          9,779          7,902          7,069
Quay                    13,971         12,111         10,828         10,444         14,912
Rio Arriba 6/           24,997         25,352         21,831         19,552         16,624
Roosevelt 2/            16,409         14,549         11,109          6,548         12,064
Sandoval 5/, 7/         12,438         13,898         11,144          8,863          8,579
San Juan                18,292         17,115         14,701          8,333          8,504
San Miguel              26,512         27,910         23,636         22,867         22,930
Santa Fe 5/, 6/, 7/     38,153         30,826         19,567         15,030         14,770
Sierra                   7,186          6,962          5,184          4,619          3,536
Socorro 1/               9,670         11,422          9,611         14,061         14,761
Taos                    17,146         18,528         14,394         12,773         12,008
Torrance                 8,012         11,026          9,269          9,731         10,119
Union 1/                 7,372          9,095         11,036         16,680         11,404
Valencia 3/             22,481         20,245         16,186         13,795         13,320


na    Not available.

p/    Preliminary.

r/    Revised.

1/    In 1921:  Catron County was organized from part of Socorro County; Harding
      County was organized from parts of Union and Mora Counties.

2/    In 1917:  De Baca County was organized from parts of Chaves, Guadalupe, and
      Roosevelt counties; Lea County was organized from parts of Chaves and Eddy
      counties; Roosevelt County annexed a strip of land from Chaves County.

3/    In 1981:  Cibola County was organized from a part of Valencia County.

4/    In 1919:  Hidalgo County was organized from a part of Grant County.

5/    In 1949:  Los Alamos County was formed from a part of Sandoval and Santa Fe
      counties.

6/    Part of Rio Arriba County annexed to Santa Fe County and part of Santa Fe
      County annexed to Rio Arriba County prior to 1950.

7/    Part of Sandoval County annexed to Santa Fe County prior to 1950.

Note:  Figures shown are decennial census figures except for the 1999
figure, which is an estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Source:  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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