Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County population, land area and income

Santa Fe County had 157,765 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,910.4 square miles of land. It ranks 3rd of 33 in New Mexico by population and 29th by land area. That works out to 82.6 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in New Mexico has 26,428 residents, so Santa Fe County is 6.0 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $78,366 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Santa Fe County's population changed since 2020

Santa Fe County gained 2,709 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.7%. That ranks 7th 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, Santa Fe County recorded 4,729 births and 6,623 deaths, a natural change of -1,894. Net international migration added +3,121 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,780. The largest single component was international migration, which added 3,121 people.

Where Santa Fe County is

The Census internal point of Santa Fe County is at 35.514500, -105.964000. 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 Santa Fe County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Santa Fe County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Santa Fe County, 100,103 people together, or 63% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Santa Fe County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Santa Fe with 90,551.

Counties bordering Santa Fe County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Santa Fe County. The most populous is Bernalillo County, NM, with 671,747 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bernalillo County

  671,747 people

  51 mi SW

• Sandoval County

  157,757 people

  53 mi WNW

• Rio Arriba County

  39,955 people

  80 mi NNW

• San Miguel County

  26,428 people

  65 mi E

• Los Alamos County

  19,675 people

  31 mi NW

• Torrance County

  15,986 people

  66 mi S

• Mora County

  4,096 people

  67 mi ENE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 11.7 miles N of Santa Fe County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM (population 112,524), 44.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Santa Fe, NM (population 90,551), 10.3 miles away.

Santa Fe County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Santa Fe County is 35049: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 049. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $78,366.