Metro area · New Mexico

Farmington, NM metro area

Farmington, NM is a metropolitan area of 1 county in New Mexico, home to 120,340 residents. Farmington, NM metro area has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #860 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in New Mexico it ranks #16 of 17. It ranks best on dentists (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), mammography screening (low) and premature death (high).

7Very low
Quality-of-life score
#860 of 925 metro and micro areas
New Mexico
#16 of 17 in NM
Population
120,340 (2025)
Land area
5,517 mi²
Density
21.8 /mi²
CBSA code
22140

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Farmington, NM metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety5#875/924
  • Economy5#881/925
  • Housing56#410/925
  • Health7#862/925
  • Healthcare27#673/923
  • Environment83#157/917
  • Education16#774/925
  • Infrastructure0#922/925
  • Community1#914/925
  • Leisure & amenities4#887/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Farmington, NM metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Farmington, NM metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Farmington, NM metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Farmington, NM

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. San Juan CountyCentral county5120,340

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. FarmingtonPrincipal city46,314

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Farmington46,314
  2. Shiprock7,610
  3. Bloomfield7,395
  4. Aztec6,150
  5. Crouch Mesa4,812
  6. Lee Acres4,272
  7. Flora Vista2,770
  8. Center Point2,286
  9. West Hammond2,236
  10. La Plata2,233
  11. Angustura1,997
  12. South River1,810
  13. Upper Fruitland1,457
  14. Spencerville1,264
  15. Waterflow1,140
  16. Cedar Hill902
  17. Napi Headquarters717
  18. North Light Plant579
  19. Fruitland574
  20. Blanco492
  21. Kirtland465
  22. Sullivan463
  23. Newcomb415
  24. Ojo Amarillo411

Other metro and micro areas in New Mexico

Areas based in New Mexico, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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