Youngest Cities in New Mexico

The top 25 of 33 New Mexico cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Portales	Roosevelt	27.1 years	11,968
2	Socorro	Socorro	29.6 years	8,481
3	Bloomfield	San Juan	30.1 years	7,395
4	Artesia	Eddy	30.7 years	12,576
5	Sunland Park	Doña Ana	30.9 years	17,463
6	Clovis	Curry	31.9 years	37,942
7	Lovington	Lea	32 years	11,498
8	Hobbs	Lea	32.5 years	40,252
9	Las Cruces	Doña Ana	33 years	114,197
10	Gallup	McKinley	34.4 years	21,023
11	Deming	Luna	35.2 years	15,221
12	Española	Rio Arriba	35.7 years	10,473
13	Carlsbad	Eddy	36.7 years	31,746
14	Alamogordo	Otero	37.1 years	31,307
15	Belen	Valencia	37.1 years	7,450
16	Roswell	Chaves	37.1 years	47,638
17	Aztec	San Juan	37.2 years	6,150
18	Los Lunas	Valencia	38.3 years	18,618
19	Farmington	San Juan	38.7 years	46,314
20	Albuquerque	Bernalillo	38.8 years	562,218
21	Los Alamos	Los Alamos	38.8 years	13,317
22	Rio Rancho	Sandoval	39.5 years	108,515
23	Silver City	Grant	40.8 years	9,536
24	South Valley	Bernalillo	41.7 years	37,120
25	Las Vegas	San Miguel	43.1 years	13,000

Top New Mexico Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Curry County31.9 years 2. Roosevelt County32.3 years 3. Lea County32.5 years 4. Doña Ana County34.3 years 5. McKinley County34.6 years 6. De Baca County35.3 years 7. Eddy County36.2 years 8. Luna County36.3 years 9. Otero County36.4 years 10. Chaves County37.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Youngest Cities in New Mexico”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-mexico/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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