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County · New Mexico
Socorro County
15,967Population
-3.8 %Change since 2020
-77Net migration
4.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 15,967 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.8 %
- Net migration
- -77 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7 % (2025)
- State
- New Mexico
- Population base, April 2020
- 16,601 (2020)
- Births
- 156 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Deaths
- 192 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -36
- International migration
- 17 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -94 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -4.8
- Postal code
- NM
- FIPS code
- 35053
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 6.7 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 6.0 % |
| 2018 | 5.3 % |
| 2017 | 6.4 % |
| 2016 | 7.5 % |
| 2015 | 7.7 % |
| 2014 | 7.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,967 |
| 2023 | 16,028 |
| 2022 | 16,142 |
| 2021 | 16,304 |
| 2020 | 16,559 |