Taos County, New Mexico

Taos County population, land area and income

Taos County had 34,482 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,202.4 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 33 in New Mexico by population and 26th by land area. That works out to 15.7 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; Taos County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $53,935 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Taos County's population changed since 2020

Taos County gained 17 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.0%. That ranks 11th 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, Taos County recorded 1,004 births and 1,764 deaths, a natural change of -760. Net international migration added +345 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +424. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 760 people.

Where Taos County is

The Census internal point of Taos County is at 36.577200, -105.638900. 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 Taos County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Taos County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Taos County, 8,254 people together, or 24% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Taos County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Taos with 6,453.

Counties bordering Taos County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Taos County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Rio Arriba County, NM, with 39,955 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Rio Arriba County

  39,955 people

  59 mi W

• Colfax County

  12,307 people

  55 mi E

• CO

  Conejos County, CO

  7,549 people

  53 mi NW

• Mora County

  4,096 people

  57 mi SE

• CO

  Costilla County, CO

  3,686 people

  50 mi NNE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 64.1 miles SSW of Taos County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM (population 112,524), 107.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Española, NM (population 10,475), 46.3 miles away.

Taos County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Taos County is 35055: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 055. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $53,935.