Grant County, New Mexico

Grant County population, land area and income

Grant County had 27,541 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,961.2 square miles of land. It ranks 15th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 7.0 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 Grant County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $48,454 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Grant County's population changed since 2020

Grant County lost 673 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.4%. That ranks 25th 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, Grant County recorded 970 births and 1,844 deaths, a natural change of -874. Net international migration added +228 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +13. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 874 people.

Where Grant County is

The Census internal point of Grant County is at 32.732100, -108.381500. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades New Mexico's 33 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Grant County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Grant County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Grant County, 14,314 people together, or 52% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Grant County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Silver City with 9,399.

Counties bordering Grant County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Grant County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Luna County, NM, with 25,878 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Luna County

  25,878 people

  53 mi SE

• Sierra County

  11,389 people

  74 mi ENE

• AZ

  Greenlee County, AZ

  9,410 people

  61 mi NW

• Hidalgo County

  3,966 people

  62 mi SSW

• Catron County

  3,795 people

  81 mi N

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 247.0 miles NNE of Grant County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM (population 116,998), 96.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Deming, NM (population 15,272), 48.9 miles away.

Grant County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Grant County is 35017: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $48,454.