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County · New Mexico
Lincoln County
20,025Population
-1.2 %Change since 2020
-153Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 20,025 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.2 %
- Net migration
- -153 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 20,262 (2020)
- Births
- 149 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.4
- Deaths
- 282 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -133
- International migration
- 25 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -178 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -7.6
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35027
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 4.3 % |
| 2021 | 8.2 % |
| 2020 | 8.9 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,025 |
| 2023 | 20,047 |
| 2022 | 20,339 |
| 2021 | 20,403 |
| 2020 | 20,304 |