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County · New Mexico
Chaves County
63,697Population
-2.2 %Change since 2020
-244Net migration
4.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 63,697 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.2 %
- Net migration
- -244 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 65,156 (2020)
- Births
- 730 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 722 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 8
- International migration
- 168 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -412 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.8
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.1 % |
| 2020 | 7.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.8 % |
| 2018 | 4.7 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.6 % |
| 2015 | 6.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 63,697 |
| 2023 | 63,668 |
| 2022 | 63,907 |
| 2021 | 64,660 |
| 2020 | 65,153 |