Torrance County, New Mexico

Torrance County population, land area and income

Torrance County had 15,986 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,345.2 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 33 in New Mexico by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 4.8 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; Torrance County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $44,780 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Torrance County's population changed since 2020

Torrance County gained 929 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.2%. That ranks 1st 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, Torrance County recorded 655 births and 846 deaths, a natural change of -191. Net international migration added +18 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,122. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,122 people.

Where Torrance County is

The Census internal point of Torrance County is at 34.555000, -105.890600. 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 Torrance County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Torrance County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Torrance County, 3,373 people together, or 21% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Torrance County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Moriarty with 2,059.

Counties bordering Torrance County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Torrance 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

  56 mi NW

• Santa Fe County

  157,765 people

  66 mi N

• Valencia County

  80,813 people

  53 mi WNW

• San Miguel County

  26,428 people

  89 mi NE

• Lincoln County

  20,025 people

  62 mi SSE

• Socorro County

  15,967 people

  71 mi WSW

• Guadalupe County

  4,385 people

  66 mi ENE

Distance to Santa Fe and the nearest big city

Santa Fe is 77.9 miles N of Torrance County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM (population 560,326), 57.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Los Lunas, NM (population 19,907), 53.8 miles away.

Torrance County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Torrance County is 35057: state code 35 for New Mexico plus county code 057. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $44,780.