County · New Mexico

Taos County, New Mexico

Taos County, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,776 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Mexico it ranks #4 of 33 counties. It ranks best on hot days (low), mental health providers (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), hospital quality rating (low) and cost of buying a home today (high).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,776 of 3,143 counties
New Mexico: #4 of 33 in NM
Population: 34,564 (2025)
Land area: 2,202 mi²
Density: 15.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 35055

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

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

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

Safety12#2,736/3,096
Economy11#2,787/3,143
Housing8#2,892/3,140
Health56#1,379/3,144
Healthcare57#1,361/3,143
Environment90#309/3,108
Education61#1,212/3,144
Infrastructure37#1,995/3,144
Community43#1,794/3,144
Leisure & amenities96#129/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
99/100New Mexico 50 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Mental health providers · high893 /100k
98/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.1 µg/m³
98/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Median Air Quality Index · low16
97/100New Mexico 502025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Public EV charging ports · high22.9 /10k
97/100New Mexico 6.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Adult obesity · low28.1%
96/100New Mexico 35.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high116.3 /100k
0/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
2/100New Mexico 2.5United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Cost of buying a home today · high52.7%
2/100New Mexico 33.6%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Injury deaths · high158 /100k
3/100New Mexico 134 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child care cost burden · high43.3%
3/100New Mexico 36.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · high6.5×
4/100New Mexico 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.8% (2015-2019) → 86.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
60.5 /100k (2021) → 116.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+92%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
31.7% (2020 & 2021) → 43.3% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
28.7% (2015-2019) → 38.5% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$41,862 (2019) → $62,224 (2024)
+49%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Firearm deathsWorsening
22.0 /100k (2021) → 32.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+45%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, Taos County, New Mexico improved on 8 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 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.

Improved8

Bachelor's++9.8 points28.7% → 38.5%
Real income+49%$41,862 → $62,224
Unemployment−6.2 points10.7% → 4.5%
Broadband+19 points66.8% → 86.3%
Weekly wage+31%$700 → $916

Declined2

Overdose deaths+301%29.0 /100k → 116.3 /100k
Commute+5.1 min20.4 min → 25.5 min

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Taos County, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	10.7 /10k2020	11.9 /10k2025	+10%	Within the margin of error	59%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+5.1 min	Declined	4%
Average weekly wage	$7002020	$9162025	+31%	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%2015-2019	38.5%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	99%
Broadband subscriptions	66.8%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	24.9%2019	25.2%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	112 mi2020	112 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.0 /100k2020	116.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+301%	Declined	0%
Effective property tax rate	0.31%2015-2019	0.34%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Firearm deaths	29.0 /100k2020	32.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Within the margin of error	33%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−0.3%	Within the margin of error	52%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+25%	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	6.2×2015-2019	6.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Homicide rate	9.3 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	21%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,8622019	$62,2242024	+49%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.5122020-2024	+0.025	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$43,0322019	$52,7282024	+23%	Improved	37%
New business applications	10.7 /1k2020	13.9 /1k2025	+30%	Improved	33%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+33%	Within the margin of error	96%
Poverty rate	18.2%2019	17.2%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	1,219 /100k2020	804 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	47%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	+43%	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent as share of income	34.5%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	60.4%2015-2019	56.5%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Restaurants and bars	17.4 /10k2020	14.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	15%
Students per teacher	13.0×2019	12.4×2024	−0.6×	Little change	48%
Suicide rate	23.8 /100k2020	29.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+22%	Within the margin of error	18%
Traffic deaths	20.1 /100k2015-2019	27.2 /100k2020-2024	+35%	Within the margin of error	20%
Unemployment rate	10.7%2020	4.5%2025	−6.2 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.7%2019	14.4%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Violent crime rate	247 /100k2020	247 /100k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	33%

“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 Taos County, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Taos 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, Taos County, New Mexico itself moved +0.3 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

34,543 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

15,549 households (±481)

Taos County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k25%3,834
$25k–50k20%3,066
$50k–75k15%2,358

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,549 households (±481)

Taos County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own78%12,067
Rent22%3,482

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

14,963 workers (±713)

Taos County, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone64%9,549
Carpool12%†1,865
Public transit0.4%†

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 Taos, 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.

Taos County has 1,083 employer establishments, 315 for every 10,000 residents (1.27× the US rate of 248; 1.49× New Mexico's), with 9,460 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,047. The Census Bureau also counts 3,568 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,083; 3,568 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 315; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 9,460
Average annual pay: $37,047; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	92	26.7	1.45×More than typical	1,260	$23,851	18
Ambulatory health care services	72	20.9	1.00×About typical	782	$48,153	278
Specialty trade contractors	71	20.6	1.33×More than typical	245	$46,502	202
Construction of buildings	63	18.3	2.42×More than typical	156	$44,301	154
Lessors of real estate	56	16.3	1.32×More than typical	200	$39,770	300
Traveler accommodation	48	13.9	7.72×More than typical	1,040	$31,697	56
Full-service restaurants	47	13.6	1.78×More than typical	784	$23,216	7
Building equipment contractors	41	11.9	1.98×More than typical	147	$49,871	55
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	8.7	1.29×More than typical	76	$40,118	241
Limited-service restaurants	29	8.4	1.05×About typical	380	$25,742	5
Offices of other health practitioners	26	7.6	1.24×About typical	202	$41,931	147
Clothing and accessories stores	24	7	1.92×More than typical	60	$32,617	28

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 34,435 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 $29.2M on contracts performed in Taos County, New Mexico: $844 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $29.2M; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $844; US $2,007
Sole-source: 9.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.9%; 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

Forest Service$17.7M61%
Indian Health Service$7.2M25%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.1M7.3%
Federal Highway Administration$1.3M4.4%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$462.4K1.6%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$314.8K1.1%
Federal Acquisition Service$21.2K0.1%
Bureau of Land Management$18.4K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2MFY2017
7.3MFY2018
6.6MFY2019
7MFY2020
16.6MFY2021
16.2MFY2022
14.4MFY2023
19M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$7.6M26%
Logging · 1133$6.3M22%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$4.3M15%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$2.1M7.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.3M4.4%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389

Largest awards

NM FTBL 2004(2) WILD RIVERS ROAD THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT$11.6M
WEST POINT CONTRACTORS, INC.· Taos County, NM· Construction & real property· May 21, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· 6982AF25C000025
ANGOSTURA AND LUNA HAULING CONTRACT NEW OUT RPT # FY26-005521 WPAP#$4M
CONLEY, INC· Taos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 12363N26F4187
ALAMITOS STEWARDSHIP SC CONTRACT NO. 12363N26C4008 CARSON NF, CAMINO REAL RD PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: DATE OF AWARD - 11/15/2028 COR: [name removed] - [email removed] THE ALAMITOS STEWARDSHIP SC WILL TREAT APPROXIMATELY 662 ACRES T$3.3M
J J EXCAVATION INC· Taos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 12363N26C4008

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.

Explore contracts in Taos County, New Mexico

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $285.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Taos County, New Mexico: $8,265 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $285.7M; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,265; US $12,975
Loan face value: $5.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$175.5M61%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$22.5M7.9%

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 Taos 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	$61.76	$1,436
FY2018	$223	$1,552
FY2019	$203	$1,654
FY2020	$202	$1,880
FY2021	$479	$1,810
FY2022	$467	$1,917
FY2023	$418	$2,079
FY2024	$552	$2,047
FY2025	$878	$2,165
FY2026	$844 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2017	-$53.18	$93.28
FY2018	$42.40	$105
FY2019	$10.32	$128
FY2020	$16.45	$145
FY2021	$224	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$1,181	$5,748
FY2022	$1,921	$5,221
FY2023	$1,673	$5,364
FY2024	$1,619	$5,501
FY2025	$3,116	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$333	$298
FY2022	$162	$357
FY2023	$142	$301
FY2024	$59.01	$319
FY2025	$65.08	$360
FY2026	$660

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$153	$239
FY2022	$285	$185
FY2023	$680	$229
FY2024	$390	$229
FY2025	$292	$249
FY2026	$236

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$90.23	$2,304
FY2022	$91.39	$2,197
FY2023	$124	$2,274
FY2024	$57.66	$2,267
FY2025	$42.87	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
FY2021	$870	$1,186
FY2022	$241	$465
FY2023	$129	$76.52
FY2024	$89.19	$120
FY2025	$149	$148
FY2026	$20.95

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Taos County, New Mexico and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	0.4%	2.0%

When its money jumped

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

Housing assistance · FY2023

$680 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $219 (3.1× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Taos 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/35055

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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.

Taos 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Taos, NM51Central county

Cities and towns in Taos County

Places whose residents live mostly in Taos 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/35055

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	−2.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+4.0%	+6.8%
2019	+5.2%	+10.5%
2020	+16.7%	+19.4%
2021	+24.7%	+26.1%
2022	+30.5%	+30.6%
2023	+38.5%	+35.0%
2024	+45.5%	+41.0%
2025	+52.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−4.7%	−5.5%
2015	−0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.1%
2018	+6.0%	+8.9%
2019	+9.1%	+13.5%
2020	+20.5%	+20.8%
2021	+35.0%	+32.1%
2022	+38.9%	+35.4%
2023	+47.7%	+42.9%
2024	+56.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	+6.0%	−6.9%
2015	+8.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+4.7%
2018	+12.7%	+7.5%
2019	+26.3%	+14.0%
2020	+26.9%	+16.9%
2021	+33.9%	+21.0%
2022	+42.2%	+29.7%
2023	+58.3%	+34.9%
2024	+54.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	19.2%	15.5%
2015	19.9%	14.7%
2016	22.4%	14.0%
2017	22.8%	13.4%
2018	21.4%	13.1%
2019	18.2%	12.3%
2020	18.9%	11.9%
2021	18.6%	12.8%
2022	18.4%	12.6%
2023	18.5%	12.5%
2024	17.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	9.7%	6.2%
2015	9.3%	5.3%
2016	8.4%	4.9%
2017	7.8%	4.4%
2018	6.4%	3.9%
2019	6.1%	3.7%
2020	10.7%	8.1%
2021	9.1%	5.4%
2022	4.9%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	−13.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+40.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+34.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+29.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	19.1%	13.5%
2015	15.3%	10.9%
2016	13.4%	10.0%
2017	12.6%	10.2%
2018	12.3%	10.4%
2019	14.7%	10.8%
2020	11.5%	10.4%
2021	12.1%	10.2%
2022	11.3%	9.5%
2023	11.6%	9.5%
2024	14.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Taos County, New Mexico	United States
2014	7.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.9/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Taos County, New Mexico	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−16.7%	−19.3%	−22.7% to −15.0%
Year −2	−3.7%	−5.0%	−8.0% to −2.0%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−5.6%	+1.5%	−1.2% to +3.6%
Year +1	−9.4%	+4.6%	+0.6% to +6.8%
Year +2	−12.8%	+6.0%	+2.6% to +8.9%

Year	Taos County, New Mexico	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.5 per 1,000 people	−0.9 per 1,000 people	−2.0 per 1,000 people to −0.1 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.3 per 1,000 people	−0.3 per 1,000 people	−1.1 per 1,000 people to +0.5 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−1.3 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.2 per 1,000 people	+1.1 per 1,000 people	−1.1 per 1,000 people to +6.4 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.8 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people to +5.1 per 1,000 people

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