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County · New Mexico
McKinley County
68,945Population
-5.4 %Change since 2020
-941Net migration
5.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 68,945 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.4 %
- Net migration
- -941 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 72,897 (2020)
- Births
- 765 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.1
- Deaths
- 852 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -87
- International migration
- 133 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,074 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -13.6
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 % |
| 2024 | 5.5 % |
| 2023 | 4.8 % |
| 2022 | 5.6 % |
| 2021 | 9.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 6.9 % |
| 2018 | 6.9 % |
| 2017 | 8.3 % |
| 2016 | 9.1 % |
| 2015 | 9.9 % |
| 2014 | 10.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 68,945 |
| 2023 | 69,073 |
| 2022 | 70,084 |
| 2021 | 71,468 |
| 2020 | 72,586 |