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County · New Mexico
Lea County
75,151Population
0.9 %Change since 2020
757Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 75,151 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.9 %
- Net migration
- 757 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 74,457 (2020)
- Births
- 1,081 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.4
- Deaths
- 637 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 444
- International migration
- 1,378 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -621 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.1
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35025
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 9.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 6.0 % |
| 2016 | 8.6 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 4.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 75,151 |
| 2023 | 73,503 |
| 2022 | 72,300 |
| 2021 | 73,070 |
| 2020 | 74,643 |