County · New Mexico

Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Bernalillo County, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 42 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,812 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Mexico it ranks #5 of 33 counties. It ranks best on new business applications (high), distance to an airport (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), property crime rate (high) and violent crime rate (high).

42Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,812 of 3,143 counties
New Mexico: #5 of 33 in NM
Population: 667,601 (2025)
Land area: 1,161 mi²
Density: 574.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 35001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety1#3,052/3,096
Economy56#1,376/3,143
Housing7#2,920/3,140
Health47#1,662/3,144
Healthcare59#1,291/3,143
Environment31#2,147/3,108
Education70#941/3,144
Infrastructure85#474/3,144
Community43#1,788/3,144
Leisure & amenities54#1,460/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

New business applications · high33.6 /1k
99/100New Mexico 19.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
99/100New Mexico 56 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Access to exercise opportunities · high95.5%
95/100New Mexico 75.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high596 /100k
94/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
94/100New Mexico 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care physicians · high108 /100k
93/100New Mexico 75 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high52.9 /100k
0/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Property crime rate · high3,583 /100k
1/100New Mexico 2,240 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high957 /100k
1/100New Mexico 622 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Median Air Quality Index · high58
1/100New Mexico 502025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high5.8%
2/100New Mexico 4.3%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mental health care shortage · high19.2
3/100New Mexico 16.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
11.0 /1k (2020) → 33.6 /1k (2025)
+206%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.8% (2020 & 2021) → 34.8% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.8% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
26.6% (Dec 2021) → 34.6% (Aug 2026)
+7.9 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Homicide rateImproving
18.8 /100k (2021) → 11.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$48,218 (2019) → $65,765 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Bernalillo County, New Mexico improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 13 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

New businesses+206%11.0 /1k → 33.6 /1k
Students / teacher−2.1×14.4× → 12.2×
Poverty−1.8 points15.5% → 13.7%
Real income+36%$48,218 → $65,765
Unemployment−3.6 points7.5% → 3.9%

Declined5

Transit use−0.9 points1.7% → 0.8%
Uninsured+1.3 points10.9% → 12.2%
Traffic deaths+32%13.3 /100k → 17.6 /100k
Restaurants−10%7.7 /10k → 6.9 /10k
Price / income+0.5×3.7× → 4.2×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Bernalillo County, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.0 /10k2020	4.5 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	60%
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Average weekly wage	$1,0302020	$1,2662025	+23%	Improved	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	79.8%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	52%
Child poverty rate	20.4%2019	16.8%2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	8 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	51.0 /100k2020	52.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	0.95%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	46%
Firearm deaths	25.1 /100k2020	23.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8%	Within the margin of error	62%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−5.9%	Within the margin of error	34%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Improved	47%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	12.1 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,2182019	$65,7652024	+36%	Improved	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4772015-2019	0.4672020-2024	−0.010	Improved	71%
Median household income	$56,1482019	$72,9862024	+30%	Improved	76%
New business applications	11.0 /1k2020	33.6 /1k2025	+206%	Improved	99%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	74%
Poverty rate	15.5%2019	13.7%2024	−1.8 points	Improved	82%
Property crime rate	4,402 /100k2020	3,583 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	24%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+6.4%	Within the margin of error	84%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	30.7%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	51.2%2015-2019	52.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	−10%	Declined	25%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	12.2×2024	−2.1×	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	23.9 /100k2020	23.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Within the margin of error	64%
Traffic deaths	13.3 /100k2015-2019	17.6 /100k2020-2024	+32%	Declined	23%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	3.9%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.9%2019	12.2%2024	+1.3 points	Declined	7%
Violent crime rate	1,224 /100k2020	957 /100k2025	−22%	Improved	58%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Bernalillo County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bernalillo County, 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, Bernalillo County, New Mexico itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

673,930 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−0.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

673,930 residents

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White37%249,864
Black2.6%17,600
Hispanic or Latino49%330,770
Asian2.8%19,156
American Indian and Alaska Native4.0%26,658
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%358
Other or two or more races4.4%29,524

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+2.2 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

476,949 residents (±48)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma9.4%44,818
High school or GED22%106,105
Some college21%99,683
Associate degree9.3%44,373
Bachelor's degree21%98,278
Graduate degree18%83,692

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−2.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

285,495 households (±1,070)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k18%51,683
$25k–50k19%52,994
$50k–75k17%48,231
$75k–100k13%36,566
$100k–150k17%47,225
$150k–200k8.1%23,109
$200k or more9.0%25,687

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

285,495 households (±1,070)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own65%184,254
Rent35%101,241

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.6 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

96,945 households (±1,865)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75015%14,616
$750–1,00023%22,592
$1,000–1,50035%33,997

Home values

184,254 homes (±1,984)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k13%23,263
$150k–250k25%46,932
$250k–400k36%66,240

Age of homes

302,746 homes (±209)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later8.1%24,370
2000–200916%47,696
1980–199929%88,706

Size of homes

302,746 homes (±209)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio4.1%12,294
1 bedroom12%37,559
2 bedrooms22%67,495

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

321,963 workers (±3,133)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone71%228,443
Carpool9.5%30,721
Public transit0.8%2,447
Walk1.8%5,900
Bike0.7%2,221
Work from home15%48,079
Other1.3%4,152

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

273,884 workers (±3,367)

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min26%70,119
15–29 min48%131,150
30–44 min18%50,215

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Albuquerque, NM

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.

Bernalillo County has 16,349 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.15× New Mexico's), with 277,465 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,010. The Census Bureau also counts 48,869 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 16,349; 48,869 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 277,465
Average annual pay: $55,010; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,443	21.5	1.03×About typical	17,186	$63,454	3,192
Restaurants and other eating places	1,329	19.8	1.08×About typical	28,758	$23,770	279
Specialty trade contractors	1,030	15.3	0.99×About typical	14,064	$63,292	2,276
Lessors of real estate	916	13.6	1.11×About typical	3,447	$53,348	5,291
Limited-service restaurants	671	10	1.25×About typical	14,103	$22,343	128
Legal services	611	9.1	1.69×More than typical	3,346	$98,295	563
Offices of other health practitioners	500	7.4	1.22×About typical	2,214	$47,536	1,699
Building equipment contractors	467	7	1.16×About typical	7,127	$70,929	548
Full-service restaurants	438	6.5	0.85×About typical	11,915	$25,918	91
Construction of buildings	418	6.2	0.82×About typical	4,139	$69,745	1,190
Automotive repair and maintenance	375	5.6	1.11×About typical	2,493	$47,066	486
Insurance agencies and brokerages	357	5.3	1.21×About typical	2,855	$70,122	693

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 671,767 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 $6.4B on contracts performed in Bernalillo County, New Mexico: $9,625 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.4B; −6.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,625; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.7%; 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$5.5B86%
Department of the Air Force$431.1M6.7%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$70.6M1.1%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$54.3M0.8%
Department of the Navy$51.6M0.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$47.3M0.7%
Forest Service$29.6M0.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$28.8M0.4%

Top recipients

NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$5.4B84%
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$99.5M1.5%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$58.8M0.9%
AVIATION TRAINING CONSULTING, LLC$58M0.9%
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$40.1M0.6%

Spending by fiscal year

4.1BFY2017
4.8BFY2018
4.8BFY2019
5.4BFY2020
5.4BFY2021
5.3BFY2022
6BFY2023
6.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$5.5B85%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$350.1M5.4%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$88.5M1.4%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$85.5M1.3%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$66.1M1.0%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

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
KIRTLAND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SERVICES (KEOS) FOR KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE (KAFB, NEW MEXICO$251.4M
NETCENTRIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Bernalillo County, NM· Professional services

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.

Explore contracts in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

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 $5.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bernalillo County, New Mexico: $7,565 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.1B; −3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,565; US $12,955
Loan face value: $397.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.6B51%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$472.3M9.4%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$381.9M7.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$301.2M6.0%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$252.2M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$202.9M4.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$122.8M2.4%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$118.2M2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$117.3M2.3%
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$97.5M1.9%
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
ALBUQUERQUE HOUSING AUTHORITY$35.4M0.7%
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE$35.2M0.7%
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCRVICES, LLC_7616$30.7M

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$3.2B63%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$752.3M15%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$537.8M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health$124.5M2.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

4.8BFY2021
4.6BFY2022
4.7BFY2023
5BFY2024
5.2BFY2025
5.1BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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.

Explore grants in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

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.

How Bernalillo County, New Mexico compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$5,985	$1,436
FY2018	$7,095	$1,552
FY2019	$7,026	$1,654
FY2020	$7,960	$1,880
FY2021	$8,032	$1,810
FY2022	$7,945	$1,917
FY2023	$8,925	$2,079
FY2024	$9,373	$2,047
FY2025	$10,292	$2,165
FY2026	$9,625 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$119	$93.28
FY2018	$296	$105
FY2019	$238	$128
FY2020	$455	$145
FY2021	$220	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$8,905	$5,748
FY2022	$8,529	$5,221
FY2023	$9,580	$5,364
FY2024	$10,119	$5,501
FY2025	$10,820	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$121	$298
FY2022	$219	$357
FY2023	$207	$301
FY2024	$140	$319
FY2025	$171	$360
FY2026	$103

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$163	$239
FY2022	$130	$185
FY2023	$143	$229
FY2024	$134	$229
FY2025	$143	$249
FY2026	$139

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$290	$2,304
FY2022	$104	$2,197
FY2023	$146	$2,274
FY2024	$222	$2,267
FY2025	$184	$2,397
FY2026	$250

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$905	$1,186
FY2022	$330	$465
FY2023	$40.32	$76.52
FY2024	$89.18	$120
FY2025	$149	$148
FY2026	$45.19

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.

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
United States
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Job growthpercent

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

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/35001

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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.

Bernalillo County, New Mexico is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Bernalillo County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Albuquerque, NM39Central county

Cities and towns in Bernalillo County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bernalillo County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/35001

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.1%	+3.3%
2018	+4.9%	+6.8%
2019	+8.7%	+10.5%
2020	+18.5%	+19.4%
2021	+22.4%	+26.1%
2022	+28.0%	+30.6%
2023	+33.9%	+35.0%
2024	+40.5%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−6.9%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.1%	+4.1%
2018	+5.7%	+8.9%
2019	+11.6%	+13.5%
2020	+21.7%	+20.8%
2021	+31.4%	+32.1%
2022	+37.1%	+35.4%
2023	+44.7%	+42.9%
2024	+53.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	2.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	−5.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+4.7%
2018	+1.5%	+7.5%
2019	+11.0%	+14.0%
2020	+11.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.0%	+21.0%
2022	+28.5%	+29.7%
2023	+35.0%	+34.9%
2024	+44.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	18.7%	15.5%
2015	19.0%	14.7%
2016	16.2%	14.0%
2017	14.6%	13.4%
2018	16.5%	13.1%
2019	15.5%	12.3%
2020	15.3%	11.9%
2021	15.2%	12.8%
2022	14.0%	12.6%
2023	13.5%	12.5%
2024	13.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	6.1%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.8%	4.9%
2017	5.4%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	4.5%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	6.4%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−7.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+48.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+76.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+82.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2015	−1.8% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.7% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.2% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.0% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.1% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.1% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.2% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	15.4%	13.5%
2015	11.9%	10.9%
2016	9.6%	10.0%
2017	9.7%	10.2%
2018	10.7%	10.4%
2019	10.9%	10.8%
2020	10.5%	10.4%
2021	11.7%	10.2%
2022	9.9%	9.5%
2023	10.7%	9.5%
2024	12.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	United States
2014	7.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	25.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	29.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	33.6/1k	16.6/1k

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