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County · New Mexico
Sierra County
11,389Population
-1.6 %Change since 2020
215Net migration
6.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 11,389 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.6 %
- Net migration
- 215 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 11,576 (2020)
- Births
- 87 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Deaths
- 254 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 22.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -167
- International migration
- 1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 214 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 18.9
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35051
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.1 % |
| 2024 | 5.9 % |
| 2023 | 5.7 % |
| 2022 | 5.9 % |
| 2021 | 8.2 % |
| 2020 | 8.5 % |
| 2019 | 6.7 % |
| 2018 | 6.8 % |
| 2017 | 7.6 % |
| 2016 | 8.3 % |
| 2015 | 9.2 % |
| 2014 | 9.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,389 |
| 2023 | 11,535 |
| 2022 | 11,485 |
| 2021 | 11,524 |
| 2020 | 11,565 |