De Baca County, New Mexico

De Baca County population, land area and income

De Baca County had 1,657 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,323.1 square miles of land. It ranks 32nd of 33 in New Mexico by population and 25th by land area. That works out to 0.7 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, so De Baca County has 6% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $48,234 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How De Baca County's population changed since 2020

De Baca County lost 26 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.5%. That ranks 21st 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, De Baca County recorded 63 births and 137 deaths, a natural change of -74. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +36. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 74 people.

Where De Baca County is

The Census internal point of De Baca County is at 34.359300, -104.368700. 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 De Baca County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in De Baca County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in De Baca County. Its 1,657 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering De Baca County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for De Baca County. The most populous is Chaves County, NM, with 63,697 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Chaves County

  63,697 people

  69 mi S

• Lincoln County

  20,025 people

  75 mi SW

• Roosevelt County

  18,713 people

  56 mi ESE

• Quay County

  8,403 people

  70 mi NE

• Guadalupe County

  4,385 people

  42 mi NNW

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 127.5 miles NW of De Baca County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM (population 560,326), 139.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Portales, NM (population 11,789), 59.2 miles away.

De Baca County FIPS code

The FIPS code of De Baca County is 35011: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 011. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $48,234.