Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Guadalupe County population, land area and income

Guadalupe County had 4,385 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,029.8 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 1.4 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 Guadalupe County has 17% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $43,463 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Guadalupe County's population changed since 2020

Guadalupe County lost 57 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.3%. That ranks 17th 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, Guadalupe County recorded 126 births and 233 deaths, a natural change of -107. Net international migration added +93 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -59. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 107 people.

Where Guadalupe County is

The Census internal point of Guadalupe County is at 34.869700, -104.784900. 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 Guadalupe County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Guadalupe County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Guadalupe County, 2,824 people together, or 64% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Guadalupe County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Santa Rosa with 2,824.

Counties bordering Guadalupe County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Guadalupe County. The most populous is San Miguel County, NM, with 26,428 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• San Miguel County

  26,428 people

  42 mi N

• Lincoln County

  20,025 people

  87 mi SSW

• Torrance County

  15,986 people

  66 mi WSW

• Quay County

  8,403 people

  72 mi ENE

• De Baca County

  1,657 people

  42 mi SE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 86.0 miles NW of Guadalupe County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM (population 560,326), 106.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Las Vegas, NM (population 12,711), 56.4 miles away.

Guadalupe County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Guadalupe County is 35019: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 019. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $43,463.