County · New Mexico

Colfax County, New Mexico

Colfax County, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 39 out of 100 (low), ranking #1,919 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Mexico it ranks #6 of 33 counties. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), mammography screening (low) and injury deaths (high).

39Low

Quality-of-life score: #1,919 of 3,143 counties
New Mexico: #6 of 33 in NM
Population: 12,184 (2025)
Land area: 3,758 mi²
Density: 3.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 35007

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety3#2,990/3,096
Economy17#2,608/3,143
Housing36#2,015/3,140
Health41#1,861/3,144
Healthcare43#1,791/3,143
Environment88#383/3,108
Education49#1,619/3,144
Infrastructure35#2,043/3,144
Community52#1,514/3,144
Leisure & amenities76#767/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mental health providers · high1,016 /100k
99/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.3 µg/m³
97/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Preventable hospital stays · low1,356 /100k
95/100New Mexico 2,042 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public EV charging ports · high16.4 /10k
93/100New Mexico 5.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Restaurants and bars · high17.2 /10k
92/100New Mexico 6.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pharmacies · high3.3 /10k
92/100New Mexico 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high89.8 /100k
0/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Mammography screening · low29.0%
4/100New Mexico 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · high150 /100k
4/100New Mexico 134 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Suicide rate · high25.0 /100k
5/100New Mexico 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Math scores · low2.47
6/100New Mexico 2.70United States 3.032018University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · high19.0
7/100New Mexico 16.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
1.0 /1k (2014) → 0.0 /1k (2019)
−100%5 yearsUS 3.3 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
77% (2021) → 59% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−18 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
48.8 /100k (2021) → 89.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+84%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
7.4 /1k (2020) → 12.7 /1k (2025)
+73%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.4% (2015-2019) → 81.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.4% (2010 & 2021) → 79.8% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Colfax County, New Mexico improved on 7 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Students / teacher−1.7×12.1× → 10.4×
New businesses+73%7.4 /1k → 12.7 /1k
Broadband+14 points67.4% → 81.3%
Real income+36%$44,948 → $61,280
Household income+30%$42,754 → $55,466

Declined2

Overdose deaths+147%36.3 /100k → 89.8 /100k
Uninsured+3.8 points10.1% → 13.9%

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Colfax 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	4.1 /10k2025	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	41%
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	19.9 min2020-2024	+3.0 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Average weekly wage	$7172020	$8632025	+20%	Improved	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Broadband subscriptions	67.4%2015-2019	81.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	27.0%2019	26.3%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	133 mi2020	133 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	36.3 /100k2020	89.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+147%	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	0.36%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Grocery stores	3.2 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Homicide rate	9.1 /100k2020	8.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.3%	Within the margin of error	24%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,9482019	$61,2802024	+36%	Improved	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4292015-2019	0.4612020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$42,7542019	$55,4662024	+30%	Improved	75%
New business applications	7.4 /1k2020	12.7 /1k2025	+73%	Improved	79%
Pharmacies	3.2 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+1.4%	Within the margin of error	74%
Poverty rate	17.0%2019	17.9%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Public libraries	3.3 /10k2019	3.2 /10k2024	−2%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Restaurants and bars	14.6 /10k2020	17.2 /10k2025	+18%	Within the margin of error	83%
Students per teacher	12.1×2019	10.4×2024	−1.7×	Improved	83%
Suicide rate	24.0 /100k2020	25.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.2%	Within the margin of error	48%
Traffic deaths	37.7 /100k2015-2019	34.1 /100k2020-2024	−9.6%	Within the margin of error	68%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	4.5%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.1%2019	13.9%2024	+3.8 points	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Colfax County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Colfax 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, Colfax County, New Mexico itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

12,322 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

5,368 households (±242)

Colfax County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k21%1,110
$25k–50k24%1,281
$50k–75k26%1,417

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,368 households (±242)

Colfax County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own72%3,853
Rent28%1,515

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,494 workers (±329)

Colfax County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone69%3,102
Carpool14%†641
Public transit0.8%†

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.

Colfax County has 372 employer establishments, 302 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248; 1.42× New Mexico's), with 3,329 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,728. The Census Bureau also counts 887 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 372; 887 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 302; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 3,329
Average annual pay: $36,728; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	34	27.6	1.50×More than typical	375	$18,133	8
Construction of buildings	24	19.5	2.57×More than typical	72	$36,569	27
Specialty trade contractors	23	18.6	1.20×About typical	67	$39,030	59
Gasoline stations	20	16.2	5.00×More than typical	175	$22,000	—
Full-service restaurants	18	14.6	1.90×More than typical	214	$17,724	—
Lessors of real estate	17	13.8	1.12×About typical	36	$60,611	109
Ambulatory health care services	16	13	0.62×Fewer than typical	98	$62,306	43
Traveler accommodation	15	12.2	6.74×More than typical	657	$25,896	12
Religious organizations	13	10.5	1.90×More than typical	39	$22,692	—
Building equipment contractors	11	8.9	1.48×More than typical	39	$27,692	18
Limited-service restaurants	10	8.1	1.01×About typical	143	$18,783	5
Other specialty trade contractors	9	7.3	2.91×Too few to compare	23	$53,826	27

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,333 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 $367.7K on contracts performed in Colfax County, New Mexico: $30.18 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $367.7K; +409% vs FY2025
Per resident: $30.18; US $1,994
Sole-source: 92%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.6%; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$338.9K92%
Forest Service$27.8K7.6%
Department of the Army$9450.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

112.6KFY2017
85.1KFY2018
264.1KFY2019
219.8KFY2020
48.1KFY2021
173.6KFY2022
232.1KFY2023
238.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$338.9K92%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$27.8K7.6%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$9450.3%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS FOR TRAILER REMOVAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF HERMIT'S PEAK CALF CANYON$99.9K
RANGER LAND SYSTEMS, INC.· Colfax County, NM· Construction & real property· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026· 70FB8026P00000013
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS FOR EQUIPMENT DISASSEMBLY AND REMOVAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF HERMIT'S PEAK CALF CANYON.$89K
RANGER LAND SYSTEMS, INC.· Colfax County, NM· Construction & real property· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026· 70FB8026P00000012
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS FOR SITE RESTORATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF HERMIT'S PEAK CALF CANYON.$89K
RANGER LAND SYSTEMS, INC.· Colfax County, NM· Construction & real property· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026· 70FB8026P00000014

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 $109.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Colfax County, New Mexico: $8,973 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $109.3M; −43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,973; US $12,955
Loan face value: $18.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$63.4M58%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$11.5M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.5M8.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$8.4M7.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5.5M5.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.7M2.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.4M2.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$2.2M2.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$13.7M13%
SANTA FE, NM
SOLVANGEN RANCHES INC$429.6K0.4%
CIMARRON, NM
TOWN OF SPRINGER$332.9K0.3%
SPRINGER, NM
CITY OF RATON$300.3K0.3%
RATON, NM
RATON ASSOCIATES$258K0.2%

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$80.1M73%
Federal Highway Administration$13.7M13%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.7M9.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$2.4M2.2%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$561K

Assistance by fiscal year

105MFY2021
98.2MFY2022
123.2MFY2023
105.3MFY2024
190.9MFY2025
109.3MFY2026

County aggregates

85%

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.

How Colfax 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.

Colfax County, New Mexico
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$9.25	$1,436
FY2018	$7.04	$1,552
FY2019	$21.88	$1,654
FY2020	$17.79	$1,880
FY2021	$3.89	$1,810
FY2022	$14.13	$1,917
FY2023	$18.82	$2,079
FY2024	$19.37	$2,047
FY2025	$5.93	$2,165
FY2026	$30.18 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$0.31	$93.28
FY2018	$1.50	$105
FY2019	$0.60	$128
FY2020	$1.30	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$1,550	$5,748
FY2022	$739	$5,221
FY2023	$2,555	$5,364
FY2024	$878	$5,501
FY2025	$7,470	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$975	$298
FY2022	$624	$357
FY2023	$1,943	$301
FY2024	$507	$319
FY2025	$2,522	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$104	$239
FY2022	$89.15	$185
FY2023	$288	$229
FY2024	$48.85	$229
FY2025	$96.22	$249
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$378	$1,186
FY2022	$205	$465
FY2023	$75.79	$76.52
FY2024	$1.34	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$54.99

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.

Colfax County, New Mexico
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Colfax County, New Mexico and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	0.8%

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.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$2,555 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $1,144 (2.2× that).

Compared with 14 similar counties

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/35007

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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.

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

House

Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 8.7%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Colfax County

Places whose residents live mostly in Colfax 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
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/35007

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+22.6%	+19.4%
2021	+23.1%	+26.1%
2022	+34.0%	+30.6%
2023	+38.1%	+35.0%
2024	+45.0%	+41.0%
2025	+47.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−1.9%	−5.5%
2015	−0.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.3%	+4.1%
2018	+1.9%	+8.9%
2019	+5.2%	+13.5%
2020	+17.1%	+20.8%
2021	+28.4%	+32.1%
2022	+30.9%	+35.4%
2023	+35.0%	+42.9%
2024	+38.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−3.3%	−6.9%
2015	−3.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.7%
2018	+8.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.3%	+14.0%
2020	+12.6%	+16.9%
2021	+11.3%	+21.0%
2022	+30.0%	+29.7%
2023	+41.2%	+34.9%
2024	+44.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	20.5%	15.5%
2015	19.7%	14.7%
2016	21.4%	14.0%
2017	19.8%	13.4%
2018	19.8%	13.1%
2019	17.0%	12.3%
2020	17.2%	11.9%
2021	18.8%	12.8%
2022	18.5%	12.6%
2023	17.8%	12.5%
2024	17.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	+6.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+7.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+58.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+53.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	6.4%	4.9%
2017	6.3%	4.4%
2018	5.2%	3.9%
2019	5.1%	3.7%
2020	7.1%	8.1%
2021	6.7%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	—	4.4/1k
2021	—	5.2/1k
2022	—	5.0/1k
2023	—	4.5/1k
2024	—	4.3/1k
2025	—	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	14.9%	13.5%
2015	10.5%	10.9%
2016	9.4%	10.0%
2017	9.1%	10.2%
2018	9.4%	10.4%
2019	10.1%	10.8%
2020	9.3%	10.4%
2021	10.8%	10.2%
2022	10.2%	9.5%
2023	10.7%	9.5%
2024	13.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Colfax County, New Mexico	United States
2014	3.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Colfax County, New Mexico	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+2.9 points	+2.8 points	+2.3 points to +3.3 points
Year −2	+2.5 points	+1.8 points	+0.2 points to +2.7 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.7 points	+0.3 points	−0.3 points to +0.7 points
Year +1	0.0 points	+1.0 points	+0.7 points to +1.2 points
Year +2	+0.3 points	+0.8 points	+0.1 points to +1.1 points

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