Eddy County, New Mexico

Eddy County population, land area and income

Eddy County had 61,436 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,176.4 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 14.7 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 Eddy County is 2.3 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,485 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Eddy County's population changed since 2020

Eddy County lost 906 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.5%. That ranks 19th 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, Eddy County recorded 3,256 births and 2,880 deaths, a natural change of +376. Net international migration added +691 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,907. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,907 people.

Where Eddy County is

The Census internal point of Eddy County is at 32.457800, -104.306400. 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 Eddy County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Eddy County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Eddy County, 45,908 people together, or 75% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Eddy County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Carlsbad with 31,999.

Counties bordering Eddy County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Eddy County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Lea County, NM, with 75,151 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lea County

  75,151 people

  57 mi ENE

• Otero County

  69,711 people

  85 mi W

• Chaves County

  63,697 people

  63 mi N

• TX

  Reeves County, TX

  11,956 people

  87 mi SSE

• TX

  Culberson County, TX

  2,254 people

  71 mi S

• TX

  Loving County, TX

  48 people

  61 mi SE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 241.6 miles NNW of Eddy County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Odessa, TX (population 119,748), 121.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Carlsbad, NM (population 31,999), 5.5 miles away.

Eddy County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Eddy County is 35015: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,485.