County · New Mexico

Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Doña Ana County, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,555 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Mexico it ranks #18 of 33 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), frequent mental distress (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on days with unhealthy air (high), high ozone days (high) and median Air Quality Index (high).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,555 of 3,143 counties
New Mexico: #18 of 33 in NM
Population: 229,091 (2025)
Land area: 3,808 mi²
Density: 60.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 35013

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.

Safety9#2,832/3,096
Economy12#2,759/3,143
Housing8#2,882/3,140
Health46#1,713/3,144
Healthcare45#1,715/3,143
Environment22#2,429/3,108
Education52#1,516/3,144
Infrastructure73#860/3,144
Community10#2,831/3,144
Leisure & amenities9#2,853/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Comfortable days · high32.1%
93/100New Mexico 31.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Frequent mental distress · low16.2%
89/100New Mexico 17.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high394 /100k
85/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · low13.1%
85/100New Mexico 15.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.8 µg/m³
84/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Traffic deaths · low10.7 /100k
81/100New Mexico 20.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Weaknesses

Days with unhealthy air · high13.1%
1/100New Mexico 4.3%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high12 days
1/100New Mexico 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Median Air Quality Index · high61
1/100New Mexico 502025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drug overdose deaths · high26.2 /100k
3/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Property crime rate · high2,402 /100k
4/100New Mexico 2,240 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hot days · high102 days
6/100New Mexico 50 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
94% (2021) → 52% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.0% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High ozone daysWorsening
7 days (2017) → 12 days (2022)
+71%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
6.8 /1k (2020) → 11.3 /1k (2025)
+67%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
6.0 /1k (2021) → 3.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Firearm deathsWorsening
14.0 /100k (2021) → 19.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+39%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

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, Doña Ana County, New Mexico improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 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

Poverty−5.9 points23.8% → 17.9%
Students / teacher−3.4×15.3× → 11.9×
Child poverty−7.7 points31.3% → 23.6%
Household income+38%$43,618 → $60,154
Broadband+18 points73.0% → 90.6%

Declined2

Overdose deaths+75%15.0 /100k → 26.2 /100k
Price / income+0.3×3.6× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Doña Ana County, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.2 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	21%
Average commute time	21.2 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Average weekly wage	$8152020	$1,0052025	+23%	Improved	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	73.0%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	31.3%2019	23.6%2024	−7.7 points	Improved	97%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.0 /100k2020	26.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+75%	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	35%
Firearm deaths	18.2 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	37%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−27%	Within the margin of error	13%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	79.4%2015-2019	83.4%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	82%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Homicide rate	7.7 /100k2020	6.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Within the margin of error	34%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,4662019	$55,1392024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4922015-2019	0.4782020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$43,6182019	$60,1542024	+38%	Improved	94%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	11.3 /1k2025	+67%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	87%
Poverty rate	23.8%2019	17.9%2024	−5.9 points	Improved	99%
Property crime rate	2,498 /100k2020	2,402 /100k2025	−3.8%	Improved	13%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent as share of income	30.9%2015-2019	32.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	51.3%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Restaurants and bars	5.3 /10k2020	4.7 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	25%
Students per teacher	15.3×2019	11.9×2024	−3.4×	Improved	96%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	16.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Within the margin of error	87%
Traffic deaths	10.8 /100k2015-2019	10.7 /100k2020-2024	−0.9%	Within the margin of error	57%
Unemployment rate	8.0%2020	4.9%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.5%2019	14.5%2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Violent crime rate	470 /100k2020	408 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	47%

“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 Doña Ana County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Doña Ana 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, Doña Ana County, New Mexico itself moved +2.1 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

224,266 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 (−1.4 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

224,266 residents

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White27%59,878
Black1.4%3,029
Hispanic or Latino68%152,201
Asian1.1%2,577
American Indian and Alaska Native0.6%1,344
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†128
Other or two or more races2.3%5,109

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+1.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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

Education

140,141 residents (±281)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma17%23,221
High school or GED24%33,682
Some college19%26,373
Associate degree8.9%12,475
Bachelor's degree18%25,007
Graduate degree14%19,383

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−4.0 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

84,889 households (±858)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k24%20,535
$25k–50k21%17,510
$50k–75k19%15,958
$75k–100k12%9,959
$100k–150k12%10,427
$150k–200k6.9%5,884
$200k or more5.4%4,616

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.8 points).

Table view

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

84,889 households (±858)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own65%55,574
Rent35%29,315

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.4 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

27,234 households (±1,392)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75031%8,461
$750–1,00025%6,752
$1,000–1,50031%8,499

Home values

55,574 homes (±1,332)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k29%15,977
$150k–250k30%16,926
$250k–400k26%14,287

Age of homes

92,436 homes (±186)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later16%15,085
2000–200918%16,822
1980–199934%31,248

Size of homes

92,436 homes (±186)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio1.9%1,748
1 bedroom7.8%7,185
2 bedrooms23%20,999

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

95,579 workers (±1,805)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone75%71,678
Carpool11%10,384
Public transit0.5%†506
Walk1.7%1,600
Bike0.8%†758
Work from home9.5%9,119
Other1.6%1,534

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−5.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

86,460 workers (±1,904)

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min33%28,815
15–29 min41%35,552
30–44 min13%11,466

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 Las Cruces, 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.

Doña Ana County has 3,798 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.79× New Mexico's), with 55,834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,231. The Census Bureau also counts 16,213 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,798; 16,213 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 55,834
Average annual pay: $41,231; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	424	18.8	0.90×About typical	6,502	$51,274	1,039
Specialty trade contractors	298	13.2	0.85×About typical	2,417	$45,085	1,294
Restaurants and other eating places	273	12.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	6,904	$19,980	118
Lessors of real estate	181	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	609	$34,302	1,327
Offices of physicians	147	6.5	1.00×About typical	1,834	$83,959	149
Construction of buildings	139	6.2	0.81×About typical	655	$45,864	760
Limited-service restaurants	131	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	3,135	$18,064	37
Offices of other health practitioners	116	5.1	0.84×About typical	1,269	$44,403	382
Full-service restaurants	105	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	3,136	$21,943	47
Building equipment contractors	101	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,191	$50,322	286
Religious organizations	96	4.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	598	$24,065	—
Building finishing contractors	88	3.9	1.02×About typical	419	$31,869	381

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 225,966 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 $386.8M on contracts performed in Doña Ana County, New Mexico: $1,689 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $386.8M; +106% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,689; US $2,007
Sole-source: 5.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.1%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$253.9M66%
Department of the Army$81.3M21%
Defense Logistics Agency$21.7M5.6%
Public Buildings Service$9.4M2.4%
Departmental Offices$5.2M1.3%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.2M1.3%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$5.1M1.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$5.1M1.3%

Top recipients

CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$117M30%
SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO$107.1M28%
SOUTHWEST RANGE SERVICES LLC$39.2M10%
SLSCO, LTD.$29.7M7.7%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$12.5M3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

224.4MFY2017
329.3MFY2018
1BFY2019
409.8MFY2020
309.3MFY2021
418.5MFY2022
586.2MFY2023
207.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$260M67%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$55.7M14%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$17.9M4.6%
Facilities support services · 5612$11.8M3.0%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$8.5M2.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

ATEC SERVICES$467.9M
SOUTHWEST RANGE SERVICES LLC· Doña Ana County, NM· Professional services· Aug 30, 2019 – Jun 2, 2026· W9115119C0008
TEST AND EVALUATION CONTRACT PRIMARY MISSION OF WSTF INCLUDING MATERIALS COMPONENTS TESTING$178.9M
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Doña Ana County, NM· Professional services· Sep 12, 2017 – Mar 4, 2026· NNJ06HC01C
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION$125.2M
SLSCO, LTD.· Doña Ana County, NM· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 70B03C24F00001030
DESIGN-BUILD A BORDER PATROL STATION (BPS) LOCATED IN LAS CRUCES, NM.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $1.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Doña Ana County, New Mexico: $6,447 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.5B; −3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,447; US $12,975
Loan face value: $85.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$774.5M52%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$191.7M13%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$98.2M6.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$70.3M4.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$59.4M4.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$55.8M3.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$28.9M2.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$23M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$82.7M5.6%
SANTA FE, NM
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$60M4.1%
LAS CRUCES, NM
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$40.4M2.7%
LAS CRUCES, NM
BEN ARCHER HEALTH CENTER, INC.$13.1M0.9%
HATCH, NM
MESILLA VALLEY PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY

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$998.8M68%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$215M15%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$82.7M5.6%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$65.8M4.5%
Health Resources and Services Administration$22.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.3BFY2021
1.2BFY2022
1.3BFY2023
1.4BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.5BFY2026

County aggregates

83%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 Doña Ana 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$1,038	$1,436
FY2018	$1,514	$1,552
FY2019	$4,676	$1,654
FY2020	$1,862	$1,880
FY2021	$1,395	$1,810
FY2022	$1,873	$1,917
FY2023	$2,594	$2,079
FY2024	$909	$2,047
FY2025	$820	$2,165
FY2026	$1,689 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$130	$93.28
FY2018	$559	$105
FY2019	$3,561	$128
FY2020	$567	$145
FY2021	$459	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$2,407	$5,748
FY2022	$2,531	$5,221
FY2023	$3,453	$5,364
FY2024	$1,978	$5,501
FY2025	$1,632	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$170	$298
FY2022	$213	$357
FY2023	$303	$301
FY2024	$477	$319
FY2025	$519	$360
FY2026	$380

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$109	$239
FY2022	$95.71	$185
FY2023	$123	$229
FY2024	$132	$229
FY2025	$122	$249
FY2026	$94.52

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$251	$2,304
FY2022	$142	$2,197
FY2023	$151	$2,274
FY2024	$153	$2,267
FY2025	$152	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$559	$1,186
FY2022	$256	$465
FY2023	$59.07	$76.52
FY2024	$32.13	$120
FY2025	$83.10	$148
FY2026	$82.76

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Doña Ana County, New Mexico and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014

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.

Construction contracts · FY2018

$559 per resident in FY2018, against an earlier average of $130 (4.3× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison 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/35013

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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.

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

House

Gabe VasquezD-NM-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Las Cruces, NM19Central county

Cities and towns in Doña Ana County

Places whose residents live mostly in Doña Ana 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 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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/35013

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−2.9%	−4.2%
2015	−0.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+8.9%	+10.5%
2020	+16.6%	+19.4%
2021	+20.7%	+26.1%
2022	+25.2%	+30.6%
2023	+32.9%	+35.0%
2024	+37.5%	+41.0%
2025	+43.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−7.4%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.1%
2018	+4.5%	+8.9%
2019	+10.6%	+13.5%
2020	+19.4%	+20.8%
2021	+33.9%	+32.1%
2022	+35.0%	+35.4%
2023	+38.8%	+42.9%
2024	+45.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	2.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	+1.8%	−6.9%
2015	+3.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.7%	+4.7%
2018	+0.3%	+7.5%
2019	+13.9%	+14.0%
2020	+21.6%	+16.9%
2021	+21.8%	+21.0%
2022	+35.8%	+29.7%
2023	+46.9%	+34.9%
2024	+57.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	27.9%	15.5%
2015	25.7%	14.7%
2016	25.6%	14.0%
2017	26.3%	13.4%
2018	24.9%	13.1%
2019	23.8%	12.3%
2020	20.5%	11.9%
2021	19.3%	12.8%
2022	23.2%	12.6%
2023	19.8%	12.5%
2024	17.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	7.2%	6.2%
2015	7.4%	5.3%
2016	7.4%	4.9%
2017	6.9%	4.4%
2018	5.8%	3.9%
2019	5.9%	3.7%
2020	8.0%	8.1%
2021	7.1%	5.4%
2022	4.6%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.9%	4.0%
2025	4.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−1.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+69.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+71.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2015	−1.7% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.9% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+33.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+56.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.2% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	18.5%	13.5%
2015	13.7%	10.9%
2016	12.9%	10.0%
2017	11.5%	10.2%
2018	12.6%	10.4%
2019	13.5%	10.8%
2020	13.5%	10.4%
2021	14.8%	10.2%
2022	12.1%	9.5%
2023	13.4%	9.5%
2024	14.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Doña Ana County, New Mexico	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.9 points	+1.3 points	+0.8 points to +1.8 points
Year −2	+2.2 points	0.0 points	−1.1 points to +1.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+3.2 points	+0.4 points	−2.3 points to +3.4 points
Year +1	+1.8 points	+1.0 points	−1.5 points to +2.6 points
Year +2	−3.7 points	−7.3 points	−9.7 points to −5.3 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined2

Counties like Doña Ana County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

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County aggregates

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 10 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Doña Ana County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined2

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Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

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Compared with 10 similar counties

Jumps not compared

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