Curry County, New Mexico

Curry County population, land area and income

Curry County had 47,156 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,405.5 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 30th by land area. That works out to 33.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in New Mexico has 26,428 residents; Curry County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $53,858 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Curry County's population changed since 2020

Curry County lost 1,218 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.5%. That ranks 26th 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, Curry County recorded 3,180 births and 2,257 deaths, a natural change of +923. Net international migration added +549 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -2,730. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 2,730 people.

Where Curry County is

The Census internal point of Curry County is at 34.573000, -103.346100. 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 Curry County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Curry County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Curry County, 37,555 people together, or 80% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Curry County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Clovis with 37,555.

Counties bordering Curry County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Curry County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Roosevelt County, NM, with 18,713 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Roosevelt County

  18,713 people

  39 mi SSW

• TX

  Deaf Smith County, TX

  18,495 people

  49 mi ENE

• TX

  Parmer County, TX

  9,669 people

  32 mi E

• Quay County

  8,403 people

  39 mi NNW

• TX

  Bailey County, TX

  7,031 people

  46 mi SE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 165.4 miles WNW of Curry County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX (population 203,729), 96.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Clovis, NM (population 37,555), 12.7 miles away.

Curry County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Curry County is 35009: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $53,858.