Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety0#51/51
Economy6#48/51
Housing38#32/51
Health16#43/51
Healthcare8#47/51
Environment33#33/49
Education12#45/51
Infrastructure8#47/51
Community12#45/51
Leisure & amenities0#51/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high31.7%
96/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · low2,042 /100k
86/100United States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
85/100United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
New business applications · high19.2 /1k
82/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high480 /100k
78/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Students per teacher · low13.1×
73/100United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high16.0
0/100United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high46.4 /100k
0/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.9 /10k
2/100United States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Drought exposure · high84%
2/100United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Hospital quality rating · low2.5
2/100United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Primary care shortage · high16.1
2/100United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New business applicationsImproving
8.6 /1k (2020) → 19.2 /1k (2025)
+123%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.6% (2015-2019) → 86.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High ozone daysWorsening
3 days (2017) → 4 days (2022)
+55%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Homicide rateImproving
14.5 /100k (2021) → 9.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$46,492 (2019) → $63,169 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Drought exposureImproving
91% (2021) → 84% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−6.8 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%

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.

Over about five years, New Mexico improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 9 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

New businesses+123%8.6 /1k → 19.2 /1k
Poverty−1.7 points17.5% → 15.8%
Students / teacher−2.1×15.2× → 13.1×
Broadband+12 points74.6% → 86.5%
Child poverty−3 points23.5% → 20.5%

Declined9

Restaurants−10%7.2 /10k → 6.4 /10k
Overdose deaths+33%34.8 /100k → 46.4 /100k
Uninsured+1.3 points12.1% → 13.4%
Commute+1.2 min22.3 min → 23.5 min
Traffic deaths+14%18.1 /100k → 20.7 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.8 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+4.7%	Within the margin of error	9%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Declined	1%
Average weekly wage	$9692020	$1,2142025	+25%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	74.6%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	23.5%2019	20.5%2024	−3 points	Improved	94%
Distance to an airport	56 mi2020	56 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	34.8 /100k2020	46.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+33%	Declined	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0 points	Little change	15%
Firearm deaths	22.6 /100k2020	21.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4%	Within the margin of error	40%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	28%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+3.3%	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	91%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	66%
Homicide rate	10.2 /100k2020	9.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	5%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,4922019	$63,1692024	+36%	Improved	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4782015-2019	0.4772020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$52,0212019	$67,8382024	+30%	Improved	89%
New business applications	8.6 /1k2020	19.2 /1k2025	+123%	Improved	97%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	87%
Poverty rate	17.5%2019	15.8%2024	−1.7 points	Improved	96%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	95%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Declined	48%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Declined	32%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	50.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	36%
Restaurants and bars	7.2 /10k2020	6.4 /10k2025	−10%	Declined	3%
Students per teacher	15.2×2019	13.1×2024	−2.1×	Improved	97%
Suicide rate	24.4 /100k2020	22.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.6%	Within the margin of error	95%
Traffic deaths	18.1 /100k2015-2019	20.7 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	19%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2020	4.2%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	66%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.1%2019	13.4%2024	+1.3 points	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Mexico 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.

For comparison, New Mexico itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

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).

Age and sex

2,120,246 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

837,414 households (±2,650)

New Mexico
United States share

Under $25k20%169,460
$25k–50k20%164,077
$50k–75k17%141,895

Homes

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

Owners and renters

837,414 households (±2,650)

New Mexico
United States share

Own70%585,937
Rent30%251,477

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.3 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

916,223 workers (±6,054)

New Mexico
United States share

Drive alone74%674,708
Carpool9.9%90,658
Public transit0.6%5,059

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in New Mexico employ 217,570 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in New Mexico by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides38,910 jobs	38,910	$28,520US $35,800	−20%	1.61×
Fast Food and Counter Workers28,250 jobs	28,250

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.

New Mexico has 44,861 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248), with 658,702 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,065. The Census Bureau also counts 145,351 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 44,861; 145,351 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248
Paid employees: 658,702
Average annual pay: $53,065; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of New Mexico by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,797	17.9	0.86×About typical	45,821	$58,324	9,238
Restaurants and other eating places	3,500	16.5	0.90×About typical	72,742	$22,699	947
Specialty trade contractors	2,934	13.8	0.89×About typical	28,780	$59,490	8,422
Lessors of real estate	2,114	10	0.81×About typical	6,859	$49,090	13,013
Limited-service restaurants	1,651	7.8	0.97×About typical	35,395	$21,030	401
Construction of buildings	1,396	6.6	0.87×About typical	9,661	$63,372	4,515
Full-service restaurants	1,329	6.3	0.82×About typical	31,295	$25,086	331
Building equipment contractors	1,315	6.2	1.03×About typical	13,545	$65,819	1,907
Offices of other health practitioners	1,252	5.9	0.97×About typical	6,815	$44,779	4,467
Religious organizations	1,054	5	0.90×About typical	7,709	$26,699	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,049	4.9	0.98×About typical	5,667	$44,950	2,005
Legal services	1,040	4.9	0.91×About typical	5,039	$89,128	1,289

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,119,349 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $15.5B on contracts performed in New Mexico: $7,271 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $15.5B; +15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,271; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$11.1B72%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.1B13%
Department of the Air Force$580.8M3.8%
Bureau of Reclamation$308.4M2.0%
Indian Health Service$277.5M1.8%
Department of the Army$223.8M1.4%
Forest Service$123.4M0.8%
Agricultural Marketing Service$104.1M0.7%

Top recipients

TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$5.5B36%
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$5.4B35%
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$1.8B12%
AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$129.5M0.8%
CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$117M0.8%

Spending by fiscal year

8.2BFY2017
8.9BFY2018
10BFY2019
10.4BFY2020
11.6BFY2021
11.7BFY2022
12.4BFY2023
13.1B

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$11B71%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.2B14%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$362.5M2.3%
Utility system construction · 2371$301M1.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$187M1.2%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES BY LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION AS THE NEW CONTRACTING PARTY IN AND TO THE CONTRACT DE-AC04-94AL85000$48.1B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Jul 7, 2026· DEAC0494AL85000
CONTRACT AWARD DE-NA0003525 TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY&ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (NTESS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL)$43.5B
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Dec 16, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DENA0003525
COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY$35.4B
TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC· Los Alamos County, NM· Facilities & utilities

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $28.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Mexico: $13,512 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $28.7B; +2.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13,512; US $12,955
Loan face value: $888.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$9.1B32%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$8.1B28%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.5B5.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1B3.5%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$865.2M3.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$724M2.5%
97.036 · Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)$573.5M2.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$436.6M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEW MEXICO HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY$10.6B37%
SANTA FE, NM
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$740.8M2.6%
SANTA FE, NM
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$605.6M2.1%
SANTA FE, NM
STATE OF NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT$511.5M1.8%
SANTA FE, NM
COUNTY OF LINCOLN

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$10.3B36%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$10.2B36%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.7B6.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$1.2B4.2%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

28.6BFY2021
25.6BFY2022
25.7BFY2023
27.1BFY2024
27.9BFY2025
28.7BFY2026

County aggregates

45%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in New Mexico, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

New Mexico
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$3,927	$1,436
FY2018	$4,247	$1,552
FY2019	$4,762	$1,654
FY2020	$4,930	$1,880
FY2021	$5,483	$1,810
FY2022	$5,517	$1,917
FY2023	$5,834	$2,079
FY2024	$6,161	$2,047
FY2025	$6,346	$2,165
FY2026	$7,271 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$209	$93.28
FY2018	$261	$105
FY2019	$567	$128
FY2020	$474	$145
FY2021	$315	$117
FY2022	$265

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$11,095	$5,748
FY2022	$10,921	$5,221
FY2023	$11,281	$5,364
FY2024	$12,038	$5,501
FY2025	$12,299	$5,732
FY2026	$13,747

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$294	$298
FY2022	$330	$357
FY2023	$329	$301
FY2024	$397	$319
FY2025	$465	$360
FY2026	$464

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$152	$239
FY2022	$134	$185
FY2023	$146	$229
FY2024	$149	$229
FY2025	$195	$249
FY2026	$126 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$3,669	$2,304
FY2022	$3,920	$2,197
FY2023	$3,903	$2,274
FY2024	$3,853	$2,267
FY2025	$4,322	$2,397
FY2026	$4,873

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$779	$1,186
FY2022	$283	$465
FY2023	$44.98	$76.52
FY2024	$73.30	$120
FY2025	$121	$148
FY2026	$53.56 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

New Mexico
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, New Mexico and the United States, by year
Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	0.9%	2.0%
2015	1.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of New Mexico whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Lincoln County, NMContracts and grants · FY2024$7,150 (6.4×)
Otero County, NMConstruction contracts · FY2024$2,175 (2.9×)
Chaves County, NMContracts and grants · FY2024$1,948 (2.3×)
Santa Fe County, NMConstruction contracts · FY2024$1,160 (8.4×)
Grant County, NMTransportation grants · FY2024$549 (4.6×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/35

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

New Mexico is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of New Mexico

All 33 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in New Mexico

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in New Mexico, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in New Mexico

By population.

All 528 cities and towns in New Mexico

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
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Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	−1.6%	−4.2%
2015	−0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+3.3%
2018	+6.1%	+6.8%
2019	+10.5%	+10.5%
2020	+18.3%	+19.4%
2021	+23.3%	+26.1%
2022	+29.8%	+30.6%
2023	+36.5%	+35.0%
2024	+43.0%	+41.0%
2025	+48.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	6.6%	6.2%
2015	6.6%	5.3%
2016	6.8%	4.9%
2017	6.1%	4.4%
2018	4.9%	3.9%
2019	5.0%	3.7%
2020	7.9%	8.1%
2021	7.1%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	−4.1%	−5.5%
2015	−1.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+12.3%	+13.5%
2020	+21.0%	+20.8%
2021	+32.2%	+32.1%
2022	+38.1%	+35.4%
2023	+44.1%	+42.9%
2024	+51.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	2.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	−4.1%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.5%	+4.7%
2018	+1.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.1%	+14.0%
2020	+11.6%	+16.9%
2021	+15.9%	+21.0%
2022	+27.7%	+29.7%
2023	+33.0%	+34.9%
2024	+44.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	20.6%	15.5%
2015	19.8%	14.7%
2016	19.1%	14.0%
2017	19.0%	13.4%
2018	18.8%	13.1%
2019	17.5%	12.3%
2020	16.8%	11.9%
2021	17.7%	12.8%
2022	17.3%	12.6%
2023	16.9%	12.5%
2024	15.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	−5.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+61.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+68.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	17.1%	13.5%
2015	13.1%	10.9%
2016	11.2%	10.0%
2017	11.0%	10.2%
2018	11.5%	10.4%
2019	12.1%	10.8%
2020	11.8%	10.4%
2021	12.6%	10.2%
2022	10.6%	9.5%
2023	11.7%	9.5%
2024	13.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	New Mexico	United States
2014	6.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	19.2/1k	16.6/1k

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