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Most rooted, New Mexico counties

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2024 ACS). These are the places where people stay put. This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 33 is 89.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Harding County, NM, up 18 places to #3.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS 2020

01Mora County, NMNM4,05196.7%−0.1 pts

02▲3Sierra County, NMNM11,39596.2%+4.3 pts

03▲18Harding County, NMNM61795.9%+8.2 pts

04▼2Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83295.6%+1.1 pts

05▼2McKinley County, NMNM68,11994.6%+0.7 pts

06▼2Catron County, NMNM3,82793.4%+0.5 pts

07▲1Taos County, NMNM34,56493.2%+2.6 pts

08▲4Valencia County, NMNM82,01392.6%+2.5 pts

09Grant County, NMNM27,25291.9%+1.4 pts

10▼4Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92991.4%+0.6 pts

11▲17Union County, NMNM3,84490.7%+5.5 pts

12▲12Cibola County, NMNM26,80790.4%+4.1 pts

13▲4Sandoval County, NMNM159,56589.8%+0.9 pts

14▲11San Miguel County, NMNM26,26089.7%+3.4 pts

15▼2Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90789.6%−0.3 pts

16▲3San Juan County, NMNM120,34089.4%+1.2 pts

17▼1Luna County, NMNM25,40789.0%+0.1 pts

18▼7Torrance County, NMNM16,10088.9%−1.3 pts

19▲1Lincoln County, NMNM19,84488.3%+0.3 pts

20▼10Quay County, NMNM8,45488.1%−2.1 pts

21▼7Guadalupe County, NMNM4,34387.5%−2.1 pts

22▲9Otero County, NMNM70,36887.2%+6.3 pts

23▼8Lea County, NMNM74,74987.0%−2.0 pts

24▲2Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09186.9%+0.9 pts

25▲5Chaves County, NMNM63,36486.8%+3.2 pts

26▲1Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60186.7%+1.1 pts

27▼5Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40786.1%−1.1 pts

28▼21Socorro County, NMNM15,83885.5%−5.1 pts

29Colfax County, NMNM12,18485.4%+1.1 pts

30▼7Eddy County, NMNM62,50984.7%−2.3 pts

31▲1Curry County, NMNM46,65581.2%+4.2 pts

32▲1Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61576.9%+2.6 pts

33▼15De Baca County, NMNM1,64769.6%−18.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES