New Mexico has the fifth lowest per capita income in the United States of America, at $17,261 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $25,541 (2003).
New Mexico counties ranked by per capita income
Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Rank
! County
! Per capita<br>income
! Median<br>household<br>income
! Median<br>family<br>income
! Population
! Number of<br>households
|-
| 1
| Los Alamos
| $49,474
| $103,643
| $118,993
| 17,950
| 7,663
|-
| 2
| Santa Fe
| $32,188
| $52,696
| $64,041
| 144,170
| 61,963
|-
|
| United States
| $27,334
| $51,914
| $62,982
| 308,745,538
| 116,716,292
|-
| 3
| Bernalillo
| $26,143
| $47,481
| $59,809
| 662,564
| 266,000
|-
| 4
| Sandoval
| $25,979
| $57,158
| $65,906
| 131,561
| 47,602
|-
| 5
| Eddy
| $24,587
| $46,583
| $56,646
| 53,829
| 20,411
|-
| 6
| Lincoln
| $24,290
| $43,750
| $53,871
| 20,497
| 9,219
|-
|
| New Mexico
| $22,966
| $43,820
| $52,565
| 2,059,179
| 791,395
|-
| 7
| Taos
| $22,145
| $35,441
| $43,236
| 32,937
| 14,806
|-
| 8
| Mora
| $22,035
| $37,784
| $42,122
| 4,881
| 2,114
|-
| 9
| Grant
| $21,164
| $36,591
| $44,360
| 29,514
| 12,586
|-
| 10
| Colfax
| $21,047
| $39,216
| $48,450
| 13,750
| 6,011
|-
| 11
| Catron
| $20,895
| $31,914
| $40,906
| 3,725
| 1,787
|-
| 12
| De Baca
| $20,769
| $30,643
| $36,618
| 2,022
| 912
|-
| 13
| San Juan
| $20,725
| $46,189
| $53,540
| 130,044
| 44,404
|-
| 14
| Valencia
| $19,955
| $42,044
| $48,767
| 76,569
| 27,500
|-
| 15
| Curry
| $19,925
| $38,090
| $48,933
| 48,376
| 18,015
|-
| 16
| Rio Arriba
| $19,913
| $41,437
| $47,840
| 40,246
| 15,768
|-
| 17
| Lea
| $19,637
| $43,910
| $48,980
| 64,727
| 22,236
|-
| 18
| Otero
| $19,255
| $39,615
| $46,210
| 63,797
| 24,464
|-
| 19
| Union
| $19,228
| $39,975
| $41,687
| 4,549
| 1,695
|-
| 20
| San Miguel
| $18,508
| $32,213
| $42,888
| 29,393
| 11,978
|-
| 21
| Chaves
| $18,504
| $37,524
| $43,464
| 65,645
| 23,691
|-
| 22
| Doña Ana
| $18,315
| $36,657
| $43,184
| 209,233
| 75,532
|-
| 23
| Quay
| $18,234
| $28,773
| $41,766
| 9,041
| 4,072
|-
| 24
| Socorro
| $17,801
| $33,284
| $41,964
| 17,866
| 7,014
|-
| 25
| Hidalgo
| $17,451
| $36,733
| $41,594
| 4,894
| 1,936
|-
| 26
| Torrance
| $17,278
| $37,117
| $43,914
| 16,383
| 6,264
|-
| 27
| Roosevelt
| $16,933
| $37,762
| $43,536
| 19,846
| 7,299
|-
| 28
| Sierra
| $16,667
| $25,583
| $38,641
| 11,988
| 5,917
|-
| 29
| Luna
| $15,687
| $27,997
| $33,312
| 25,095
| 9,593
|-
| 30
| Cibola
| $14,712
| $37,361
| $41,187
| 27,213
| 8,860
|-
| 31
| Harding
| $14,684
| $33,750
| $56,563
| 695
| 349
|-
| 32
| Guadalupe
| $13,710
| $28,488
| $37,535
| 4,687
| 1,766
|-
| 33
| McKinley
| $12,932
| $31,335
| $37,345
| 71,492
| 21,968
|-
|}