Cibola County, New Mexico

Cibola County population, land area and income

Cibola County had 26,686 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,540.0 square miles of land. It ranks 16th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 10th by land area. That works out to 5.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in New Mexico has 26,428 residents, about the same as Cibola County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,530 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cibola County's population changed since 2020

Cibola County lost 283 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.0%. That ranks 16th of 33 in New Mexico for growth. The median New Mexico county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +0.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Cibola County recorded 1,038 births and 1,456 deaths, a natural change of -418. Net international migration added +109 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -54. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 418 people.

Where Cibola County is

The Census internal point of Cibola County is at 34.928300, -107.992700. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades New Mexico's 33 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Cibola County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cibola County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Cibola County, 11,352 people together, or 43% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cibola County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Grants with 8,880.

Counties bordering Cibola County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Cibola County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Bernalillo County, NM, with 671,747 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bernalillo County

  671,747 people

  75 mi E

• Sandoval County

  157,757 people

  82 mi NE

• Valencia County

  80,813 people

  69 mi ESE

• McKinley County

  68,945 people

  48 mi NNW

• AZ

  Apache County, AZ

  64,800 people

  90 mi WNW

• Socorro County

  15,967 people

  88 mi SE

• Catron County

  3,795 people

  74 mi SSW

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 126.9 miles ENE of Cibola County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM (population 560,326), 77.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Gallup, NM (population 20,339), 58.6 miles away.

Cibola County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cibola County is 35006: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 006. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,530.