Harding County, New Mexico

Harding County population, land area and income

Harding County had 635 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,125.5 square miles of land. It ranks 33rd of 33 in New Mexico by population and 27th by land area. That works out to 0.3 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 Harding County has 2% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,606 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Harding County's population changed since 2020

Harding County lost 19 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.9%. That ranks 28th 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, Harding County recorded 21 births and 46 deaths, a natural change of -25. Net international migration added +3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 25 people.

Where Harding County is

The Census internal point of Harding County is at 35.859400, -103.853400. 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 Harding County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Harding County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Harding County. Its 635 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Harding County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Harding 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

  60 mi WSW

• Colfax County

  12,307 people

  68 mi NW

• Quay County

  8,403 people

  55 mi SSE

• Mora County

  4,096 people

  60 mi W

• Union County

  3,926 people

  48 mi NNE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 117.6 miles W of Harding County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX (population 203,729), 122.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Las Vegas, NM (population 12,711), 78.5 miles away.

Harding County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Harding County is 35021: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,606.