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List of counties in New Mexico

There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. First there were nine counties formed in 1852.

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry.[1] New Mexico's code is 35. When added with any county code it would be written as 35XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

List

County FIPS Code
[2]		 County Seat
[3]		 Created
[3]		 Formed from
[4]		 Meaning of name
[5]		 Population
[3][6]		 Area
[3][6]		 Map
Bernalillo County 001 Albuquerque 1852 One of the nine original counties. The Gonzales-Bernal family, Spanish nobles who settled the territory in the seventeenth century 635,139 1,166 mi²
(3,020 km²)		  
Catron County 003 Reserve 1921 Part of Socorro County. Thomas Benton Catron, a Santa Fe attorney and New Mexico's first U.S. Senator 3,543 6,928 sq mi
(17,943 km2)		  
Chaves County 005 Roswell 1889 Part of Lincoln County. Jose Francisco Chaves, a U.S. Army colonel in New Mexico during and after the Civil War 61,382 6,071 sq mi
(15,724 km2)		  
Cibola County 006 Grants 1981 Part of Valencia County. The mythical Seven Cities of Cibola 25,595 4,540 sq mi
(11,759 km2)		  
Colfax County 007 Raton 1869 Part of Mora County. Schuyler Colfax, the seventeenth vice president of the United States 14,189 3,757 sq mi
(9,731 km2)		  
Curry County 009 Clovis 1909 Parts of Quay County and Roosevelt County. George Curry, a governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 to 1910 45,044 1,406 sq mi
(3,642 km2)		  
De Baca County 011 Fort Sumner 1917 Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County. Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, the second state governor of New Mexico 2,240 2,325 sq mi
(6,022 km2)		  
Doña Ana County 013 Las Cruces 1852 One of the nine original counties. Doña Ana Robledo, a seventeenth century Spanish woman known for her charitable giving to the native population 174,682 3,807 sq mi
(9,860 km2)		  
Eddy County 015 Carlsbad 1887 Part of Lincoln County. Charles Eddy, a rancher and developer of the area 51,658 4,182 sq mi
(10,831 km2)		  
Grant County 017 Silver City 1868 Part of Doña Ana County. Ulysses Simpson Grant, the Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States 31,002 3,966 sq mi
(10,272 km2)		  
Guadalupe County 019 Santa Rosa 1891 Part of San Miguel County. Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the Americas 4,680 3,031 sq mi
(7,850 km2)		  
Harding County 021 Mosquero 1921 Parts of Mora County and Union County. Warren Gamaliel Harding, the twenty-ninth president of the United States 810 2,126 sq mi
(5,506 km2)		  
Hidalgo County 023 Lordsburg 1920 Part of Grant County. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who is known as the Father of Mexican Independence 5,932 3,446 sq mi
(8,925 km2)		  
Lea County 025 Lovington 1917 Parts of Chaves County and Eddy County. Joseph Calloway Lea, a captain in the U.S. Army and the founder of the New Mexico Military Academy 55,511 4,393 sq mi
(11,378 km2)		  
Lincoln County 027 Carrizozo 1869 Part of Socorro County. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States 19,411 4,831 sq mi
(12,512 km2)		  
Los Alamos County 028 Los Alamos 1949 Parts of Sandoval County and Santa Fe County. Named for its county seat of Los Alamos, New Mexico, which itself is the Spanish name for the cottonwood tree 18,343 109 sq mi
(282 km2)		  
Luna County 029 Deming 1901 Parts of Doña Ana County and Grant County. Solomon Luna, the largest landowner in the county at the time of its creation 25,016 2,965 sq mi
(7,679 km2)		  
McKinley County 031 Gallup 1899 Part of Bernalillo County. William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States 74,798 5,449 sq mi
(14,113 km2)		  
Mora County 033 Mora 1859 Part of Taos County. Named for its county seat of Mora, New Mexico, which is itself named after lo de mora, the Spanish term for blackberry 5,180 1,931 sq mi
(5,001 km2)		  
Otero County 035 Alamogordo 1899 Parts of Doña Ana County and Lincoln County. Miguel A. Otero, territorial delegate to U. S. Congress 62,298 6,627 sq mi
(17,164 km2)		  
Quay County 037 Tucumcari 1903 Part of Guadalupe County. Matthew Stanley Quay, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania who supported New Mexico's statehood 10,155 2,855 sq mi
(7,394 km2)		  
Rio Arriba County 039 Tierra Amarilla 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for its location on the upper Rio Grande (Rio Arriba is "upper river" in Spanish) 41,190 5,858 sq mi
(15,172 km2)		  
Roosevelt County 041 Portales 1903 Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County. Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States 18,018 2,449 sq mi
(6,343 km2)		  
Sandoval County 043 Bernalillo 1903 Part of Bernalillo County. Named for the Sandoval family, prominent seventeenth century Spanish landowners 113,772 3,710 sq mi
(9,609 km2)		  
San Juan County 045 Aztec 1887 Part of Rio Arriba County. San Juan River, itself named after the Catholic saint 113,801 5,514 sq mi
(14,281 km2)		  
San Miguel County 047 Las Vegas 1852 One of the nine original counties. San Miguel de Bado Catholic Church, the first in the area 30,126 4,717 sq mi
(12,217 km2)		  
Santa Fe County 049 Santa Fe 1852 One of the nine original counties. Spanish term meaning "holy faith," which refers to the spirituality of the founding missionaries 142,955 1,909 sq mi
(4,944 km2)		  
Sierra County 051 Truth or Consequences 1884 Parts of Doña Ana County and Socorro County. Possibly named for the Black Range. (Sierra is mountain range in Spanish.) 13,270 4,180 sq mi
(10,826 km2)		  
Socorro County 053 Socorro 1852 One of the nine original counties. Spanish term meaning "aid," which refers to the help Native Americans gave to starving travelers 18,078 6,647 sq mi
(17,216 km2)		  
Taos County 055 Taos 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for its county seat of Taos, New Mexico, which in turn was named for the nearby Taos Pueblo, an ancient Native American village. Taos is red willow in the Tiwa language 29,979 2,203 sq mi
(5,706 km2)		  
Torrance County 057 Estancia 1903 Parts of Bernalillo County and Valencia County. Francis J. Torrance, the developer of the New Mexico Central Railroad 16,911 3,345 sq mi
(8,664 km2)		  
Union County 059 Clayton 1893 Parts of Colfax County, Mora County and San Miguel County. Named for the "union" of the three counties which donated land to form the new county 4,174 3,830 sq mi
(9,920 km2)		  
Valencia County 061 Los Lunas 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for the town of Valencia, New Mexico, which is itself named for Valencia, Spain 70,389 1,068 sq mi
(2,766 km2)		  

References

  1. ↑ "FIPS Publish 6-4". National Institute of Standards and Technology. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  2. ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
  4. ↑ "NMGenWeb Counties". Rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  5. ↑ "Viva New Mexico County Names". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "New Mexico QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2007-08-07. (2000 Census)
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