Demographics of Torrance County, New Mexico

Torrance County, New Mexico had 16,100 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,041 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Torrance County, in four figures

16,100
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +6.9%
Change since July 2020: +1,041 people.; 43.3 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $57,842 ±$6,305
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Torrance County, New Mexico's population grew 6.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Torrance County, New Mexico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Torrance County, New Mexico's population grew 6.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Torrance County, New Mexico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	15,059	100.0	100.0
2021	15,316	101.7	100.2
2022	15,398	102.3	100.7
2023	15,690	104.2	101.6
2024	15,942	105.9	102.5
2025	16,100	106.9	103.1

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Population of Torrance County, New Mexico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	15,059	+11	−3	+1	+9
2021	15,316	+257	−54	+8	+315
2022	15,398	+82	−77	0	+161
2023	15,690	+292	−38	0	+327
2024	15,942	+252	−57	+3	+303
2025	16,100	+158	−58	−7	+228

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.3 ±1.0: for men 43.6 ±2.1 and for women 43.1 ±1.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Torrance County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Under 5	754 ±192	4.9% ±1.2	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,380 ±305	15.4% ±2.0	16.5% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,201 ±252	7.8% ±1.6	9.3% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,747 ±456	24.2% ±2.9	26.0% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,920 ±405	25.3% ±2.6	23.7% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,488 ±380	22.5% ±2.5	19.3% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $57,842 ±$6,305, and income per person $30,139 ±$3,735, in 2024 dollars. The median is $64,059 ±$808 in New Mexico and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Torrance County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New Mexico	United States
Under $25,000	1,367 ±266	22.6% ±4.3	20.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,289 ±274	21.3% ±4.5	19.6% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,170 ±302	19.3% ±4.9	16.9% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	887 ±256	14.7% ±4.2	12.4% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	814 ±247	13.5% ±4.0	15.5% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	114 to 410	1.9% to 6.8%	7.6% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	129 to 397	2.1% to 6.6%	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Torrance County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New Mexico	United States
All ages	2,795 ±624	18.3% ±4.1	17.8% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	804 ±248	26.4% ±7.3	24.0% ±0.7	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,395 ±354	18.4% ±4.5	17.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	596 ±193	12.7% ±4.0	14.3% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Torrance County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Torrance County	New Mexico	United States
Housing units	7,293 ±20	956,964 ±262	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.0% ±3.0	87.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.0% ±3.0	12.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.7% ±3.2	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.3% ±3.9	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$159,700 ±$12,546	$248,100 ±$1,957	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$872 ±$37	$1,067 ±$11	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1987 ±2	1985 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Torrance County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	6,696 ±0	43.2% ±<0.1	48.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,438 ±228	48.0% ±1.5	36.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	263 ±45	1.7% ±0.3	1.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 108	0% to 0.7%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	305 ±149	2.0% ±1.0	8.5% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	58 to 378	0.4% to 2.4%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	533 ±185	3.4% ±1.2	3.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Torrance County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Born in the state	9,164 ±649	59.2% ±4.2	52.4% ±0.4	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,655 ±612	36.5% ±4.0	36.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	21 to 107	0.1% to 0.7%	1.3% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	607 ±222	3.9% ±1.4	9.4% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	92 to 398	0.6% to 2.6%	4.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	362 ±144	2.3% ±0.9	5.3% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Torrance County among the counties of New Mexico

22nd of 33 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the New Mexico page.

Counties of New Mexico near Torrance County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
San Miguel County	26,260	−3.2%
Luna County	25,407	−0.2%
Lincoln County	19,844	−2.3%
Los Alamos County	19,407	> −0.1%
Roosevelt County	18,615	−2.8%
Torrance County	16,100	+6.9%
Socorro County	15,838	−4.3%
Colfax County	12,184	−1.4%
Sierra County	11,395	−1.4%
Quay County	8,454	−3.0%
Guadalupe County	4,343	−2.2%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026