County · New Mexico

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 66 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,079 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Mexico it ranks #2 of 33 counties. It ranks best on adult obesity (low), mental health providers (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), home price to income ratio (high) and cost of buying a home today (high).

66High

Quality-of-life score: #1,079 of 3,143 counties
New Mexico: #2 of 33 in NM
Population: 156,907 (2025)
Land area: 1,910 mi²
Density: 82.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 35049

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.

Safety8#2,838/3,096
Economy76#741/3,143
Housing9#2,854/3,140
Health74#816/3,144
Healthcare70#939/3,143
Environment87#404/3,108
Education66#1,056/3,144
Infrastructure82#570/3,144
Community52#1,512/3,144
Leisure & amenities84#501/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Adult obesity · low25.9%
98/100New Mexico 35.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high830 /100k
98/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.2 µg/m³
97/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Frequent mental distress · low15.0%
97/100New Mexico 17.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · low10.4%
97/100New Mexico 15.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high46.1%
96/100New Mexico 31.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high67.3 /100k
0/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Home price to income ratio · high5.6×
5/100New Mexico 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high42.5%
8/100New Mexico 33.6%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.487
8/100New Mexico 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Severe housing problems · high17.9%
9/100New Mexico 16.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · high1,940 /100k
9/100New Mexico 2,240 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 82% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−18 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.8% (2020 & 2021) → 36.7% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Homicide rateImproving
10.9 /100k (2021) → 5.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Firearm deathsImproving
26.4 /100k (2021) → 12.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
73.4% (2010 & 2021) → 83.4% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−50%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days

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, Santa Fe County, New Mexico improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 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

Household income+38%$61,791 → $85,540
Unemployment−4 points7.7% → 3.7%
Bachelor's++5 points41.0% → 46.1%
Weekly wage+29%$957 → $1,238
Students / teacher−1.4×15.2× → 13.8×

Declined4

Overdose deaths+109%32.2 /100k → 67.3 /100k
Price / income+0.9×4.8× → 5.6×
Commute+1.3 min22.5 min → 23.8 min
Rent burden+3.8 points47.3% → 51.0%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Santa Fe County, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	10.1 /10k2020	10.7 /10k2025	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	52%
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Declined	30%
Average weekly wage	$9572020	$1,2382025	+29%	Improved	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%2015-2019	46.1%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	46%
Child poverty rate	16.4%2019	14.8%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	54 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	32.2 /100k2020	67.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+109%	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.52%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	37%
Firearm deaths	14.2 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Within the margin of error	70%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	34%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	89.3%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	4.8×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	5.2 /100k2020	5.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.8%	Within the margin of error	24%
Income adjusted for local prices	$62,8092019	$83,5042024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4872020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$61,7912019	$85,5402024	+38%	Improved	94%
New business applications	17.1 /1k2020	17.2 /1k2025	+0.3%	Little change	9%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	12.4%2019	10.9%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	1.0%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent-burdened households	47.3%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Declined	32%
Restaurants and bars	11.6 /10k2020	11.6 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	48%
Students per teacher	15.2×2019	13.8×2024	−1.4×	Improved	76%
Suicide rate	20.0 /100k2020	16.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Within the margin of error	86%
Traffic deaths	11.8 /100k2015-2019	14.5 /100k2020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	30%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	3.7%2025	−4 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.2%2019	13.7%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“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 Santa Fe County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Santa Fe 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, Santa Fe County, New Mexico itself moved +1.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

156,105 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

70,767 households (±567)

Santa Fe County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k15%10,407
$25k–50k18%12,629
$50k–75k15%10,776

Homes

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

Owners and renters

70,767 households (±567)

Santa Fe County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own72%50,603
Rent28%20,164

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

71,640 workers (±1,315)

Santa Fe County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone68%48,767
Carpool8.4%6,037
Public transit0.8%†592

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 Santa Fe, 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.

Santa Fe County has 4,976 employer establishments, 318 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.50× New Mexico's), with 48,934 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,618. The Census Bureau also counts 17,772 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,976; 17,772 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 318; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 48,934
Average annual pay: $52,618; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	446	28.5	1.37×More than typical	4,090	$75,286	1,621
Restaurants and other eating places	361	23.1	1.26×More than typical	6,989	$30,565	56
Specialty trade contractors	315	20.1	1.30×More than typical	1,717	$50,511	704
Lessors of real estate	271	17.3	1.41×More than typical	709	$64,157	1,580
Construction of buildings	211	13.5	1.78×More than typical	981	$56,491	476
Full-service restaurants	174	11.1	1.45×More than typical	4,158	$33,813	22
Offices of other health practitioners	154	9.8	1.62×More than typical	443	$49,278	998
Management, scientific and technical consulting	141	9	1.34×More than typical	258	$85,236	952
Clothing and accessories stores	139	8.9	2.45×More than typical	1,000	$31,984	170
Limited-service restaurants	133	8.5	1.06×About typical	2,359	$26,348	22
Building equipment contractors	132	8.4	1.40×More than typical	687	$57,061	165
Services to buildings and dwellings	129	8.2	1.22×About typical	1,240	$34,154	754

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,379 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 $72.4M on contracts performed in Santa Fe County, New Mexico: $462 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $72.4M; −73% vs FY2025
Per resident: $462; US $1,995
Sole-source: 8.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; 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$19.1M26%
Indian Health Service$18.4M25%
Forest Service$16.3M23%
Department of Veterans Affairs$8.7M12%
Bureau of Reclamation$4.2M5.8%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$930.7K1.3%
Department of the Army$914.7K1.3%
Bureau of Land Management$895.2K1.2%

Top recipients

IEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.$20.6M28%
DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.$5.3M7.3%
A2Z MEDICAL & SAFETY SUPPLY, LLC$5.2M7.2%
CDM CONSTRUCTORS INC$4.1M5.7%
FIORE INDUSTRIES INC$3.2M4.5%

Spending by fiscal year

71.8MFY2017
46.6MFY2018
85.7MFY2019
63.7MFY2020
124.6MFY2021
255.8MFY2022
85.1MFY2023
353.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$22.1M31%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$9.3M13%
Employment services · 5613$6.1M8.5%
Other textile product mills · 3149$5.2M7.2%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$4.6M6.3%
Investigation and security services · 5616

Largest awards

POJOAQUE BASIN REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM$361.6M
CDM CONSTRUCTORS INC· Santa Fe County, NM· Construction & real property· Feb 21, 2017 – Sep 4, 2026· INR17PC00023
PA-TAC V EAST ZONE - HERMITS PEAK$102.5M
FLUOR FEDERAL SERVICES INC· Santa Fe County, NM· Professional services· Jun 5, 2024 – May 19, 2026· 70FB8024F00000039
THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SUPPORTING THE HERMIT PEAK CALF CANYON FIRE CLAIMS OFFICE.$94.7M
CH2M HILL - CDM PA-TAC RECOVERY SERVICES· Santa Fe County, NM· Professional services· Feb 14, 2023 – Apr 28, 2026· 70FB8023F00000034
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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 $1.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Santa Fe County, New Mexico: $8,291 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.3B; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,291; US $12,975
Loan face value: $36.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$932.6M72%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$85.4M6.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$55.9M4.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$48.7M3.7%
93.224 · Health Center Program$20.7M1.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$18.5M1.4%
15.042 · Indian School Equalization$18.3M1.4%
93.600 · Head Start$17.1M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL SERVICES$32.6M2.5%
SANTA FE, NM
SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL, INC.$25M1.9%
SANTA FE, NM
CITY OF SANTA FE$17.4M1.3%
SANTA FE, NM
SANTA FE CIVIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, INC.$14.5M1.1%
SANTA FE, NM
PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE$5.3M

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$1.1B81%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$95.5M7.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$36M2.8%
Department of the Interior
Health Resources and Services Administration$21.8M1.7%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.2BFY2023
1.3BFY2024
1.4BFY2025
1.3BFY2026

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 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 Santa Fe 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$480	$1,436
FY2018	$310	$1,552
FY2019	$567	$1,654
FY2020	$411	$1,880
FY2021	$801	$1,810
FY2022	$1,642	$1,917
FY2023	$544	$2,079
FY2024	$2,246	$2,047
FY2025	$1,709	$2,165
FY2026	$462 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$112	$93.28
FY2018	$65.11	$105
FY2019	$195	$128
FY2020	$50.22	$145
FY2021	$457	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$1,590	$5,748
FY2022	$2,572	$5,221
FY2023	$1,131	$5,364
FY2024	$2,879	$5,501
FY2025	$2,388	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$27.88	$298
FY2022	$1.71	$357
FY2023	-$0.08	$301
FY2024	$46.66	$319
FY2025	$1.49	$360
FY2026	$82.04

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$155	$239
FY2022	$162	$185
FY2023	$200	$229
FY2024	$222	$229
FY2025	$185	$249
FY2026	$176

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$431	$2,304
FY2022	$246	$2,197
FY2023	$261	$2,274
FY2024	$268	$2,267
FY2025	$288	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$1,256	$1,186
FY2022	$380	$465
FY2023	$74.58	$76.52
FY2024	$121	$120
FY2025	$128	$148
FY2026	$38.73

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Santa Fe County, New Mexico and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Santa Fe 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.

Federal contracts · FY2022

$1,642 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $514 (3.2× that).

Compared with 16 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/35049

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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.

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

House

Senate

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Metro area

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

Santa Fe, NM77Central county

Cities and towns in Santa Fe County

Places whose residents live mostly in Santa Fe 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 2026-10-08
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
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Year

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−1.0 points

−1.1 points

−2.6 points to 0.0 points

Year −2

−13.3 points

−6.0 points

−6.9 points to −5.2 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.0 points

+0.7 points

−1.9 points to +4.6 points

Year +1

−1.9 points

−0.7 points

−1.8 points to +0.7 points

Year +2

−1.9 points

−2.1 points

−5.4 points to −0.8 points

Year

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−0.8%	−4.2%
2015	+0.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+3.3%
2018	+3.0%	+6.8%
2019	+5.8%	+10.5%
2020	+15.4%	+19.4%
2021	+23.0%	+26.1%
2022	+28.0%	+30.6%
2023	+34.5%	+35.0%
2024	+42.0%	+41.0%
2025	+49.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−5.9%	−5.5%
2015	−4.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.7%	+8.9%
2019	+13.6%	+13.5%
2020	+18.6%	+20.8%
2021	+32.7%	+32.1%
2022	+36.4%	+35.4%
2023	+46.1%	+42.9%
2024	+54.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	1.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−8.4%	−6.9%
2015	−3.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.7%
2018	+4.7%	+7.5%
2019	+7.5%	+14.0%
2020	+2.5%	+16.9%
2021	+17.1%	+21.0%
2022	+26.7%	+29.7%
2023	+36.4%	+34.9%
2024	+48.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	14.2%	15.5%
2015	13.1%	14.7%
2016	14.0%	14.0%
2017	12.2%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	12.4%	12.3%
2020	12.5%	11.9%
2021	12.3%	12.8%
2022	12.0%	12.6%
2023	12.2%	12.5%
2024	10.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	5.1%	4.4%
2018	4.2%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	7.7%	8.1%
2021	6.5%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−4.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+26.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+41.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+61.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+73.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+79.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+82.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+81.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+24.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.8% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+64.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.6% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.8% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.8% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	19.9%	13.5%
2015	14.9%	10.9%
2016	13.0%	10.0%
2017	13.3%	10.2%
2018	13.7%	10.4%
2019	14.2%	10.8%
2020	12.8%	10.4%
2021	12.6%	10.2%
2022	12.0%	9.5%
2023	13.4%	9.5%
2024	13.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	United States
2014	11.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	18.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	17.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	17.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	24.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	27.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	24.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.2/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Santa Fe County, New Mexico	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.9 points	+2.1 points	+1.1 points to +3.1 points
Year −2	+2.9 points	+1.2 points	−0.3 points to +2.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	0.0 points	−0.5 points	−1.7 points to +1.5 points
Year +1	−1.1 points	−2.3 points	−3.7 points to −1.3 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined4

Counties like Santa Fe County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 16 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Santa Fe County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 16 similar counties

Compared with 8 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought