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Rio Arriba County, NM

Demographic and economic profile of Rio Arriba County, NM, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Rio Arriba County is a small, rural county of 40,165 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 51.9% and an unemployment rate of 5.1%, reflecting a limited formal employment base. The workforce skews older (median age 42.0) and has a relatively low educational attainment rate—18.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher—with median worker earnings of $38,962 and a poverty rate of 20.1%. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $230,900 and median gross rent of $760/month, and an 80.0% homeownership rate, set against a modest 2.2% population gain over five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

40,165

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$57,155

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.0 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+2.2% since 2018

Rio Arriba County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • Some Other Race Alone11,898 (29.7%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race11,336 (28.3%)
  • White Alone8,691 (21.7%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone6,800 (17.0%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races799 (2.0%)
  • Black or African American Alone272 (0.7%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish17,276
  2. 2.Vietnamese121
  3. 3.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)80
  4. 4.German or other West Germanic50
  5. 5.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)34

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

22.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

56.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

21.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

6.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,737

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$27,212

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$30,548

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

5.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

20.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance3,674
  2. 2.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services3,333
  3. 3.Public Administration (Group)1,974
  4. 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,810
  5. 5.Retail Trade (Group)1,531

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations5,644
  2. 2.Service Occupations4,058
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations2,864
  4. 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,909
  5. 5.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,694

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Public Administration (LQ 2.07×)1,551
  2. 2.Professional, Scientific, & Management (LQ 1.67×)3,260
  3. 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.43×)360
  4. 4.Construction (LQ 1.25×)1,367
  5. 5.Other Services (LQ 1.24×)922

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$230,900

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$760/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

80.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $300,000 to $399,9992,258 (18.0%)
  • $200,000 to $249,9991,449 (11.6%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,335 (10.7%)
  • $400,000 to $499,9991,067 (8.5%)
  • $500,000 to $749,999881 (7.0%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999602 (4.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

18.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

86.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

51.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$38,962

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

30.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

2.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone12,179 (77.1%)
  • Worked At Home1,614 (10.2%)
  • Carpooled1,418 (9.0%)
  • Walked439 (2.8%)
  • Public Transit100 (0.6%)
  • Other47 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.