Luna County, New Mexico

Luna County population, land area and income

Luna County had 25,878 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,965.2 square miles of land. It ranks 18th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 8.7 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, about the same as Luna County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $38,641 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Luna County's population changed since 2020

Luna County gained 421 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.7%. That ranks 8th 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, Luna County recorded 1,492 births and 1,551 deaths, a natural change of -59. Net international migration added +589 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -101. The largest single component was international migration, which added 589 people.

Where Luna County is

The Census internal point of Luna County is at 32.184500, -107.747200. 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 Luna County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Luna County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Luna County, 16,767 people together, or 65% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Luna County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Deming with 15,272.

Counties bordering Luna County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Luna County. The most populous is Doña Ana County, NM, with 229,366 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Doña Ana County

  229,366 people

  55 mi ENE

• Grant County

  27,541 people

  53 mi NW

• Sierra County

  11,389 people

  72 mi NNE

• Hidalgo County

  3,966 people

  62 mi WSW

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 262.9 miles NNE of Luna County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM (population 116,998), 56.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Deming, NM (population 15,272), 5.5 miles away.

Luna County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Luna County is 35029: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 029. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $38,641.