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County · New Mexico
Otero County
69,711Population
2.8 %Change since 2020
615Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 69,711 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.8 %
- Net migration
- 615 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 67,836 (2020)
- Births
- 800 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 702 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 98
- International migration
- 461 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 154 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.8
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35035
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.2 % |
| 2021 | 7.0 % |
| 2020 | 8.0 % |
| 2019 | 5.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.9 % |
| 2017 | 6.1 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.3 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,711 |
| 2023 | 69,354 |
| 2022 | 68,650 |
| 2021 | 68,499 |
| 2020 | 67,866 |