Farmington, New Mexico demographics

Farmington, NM demographics: median age 38.7; 26.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Farmington city, New Mexico · Incorporated city · GEOID 3525800. The survey estimates a population of 46,314 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Farmington is 38.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.0 years. There are 17,114 households (±512). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	38.7 ±1.0	39.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 46,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Under 18	12,225 ±773	26.4% ±1.7 pp	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	8,593 ±680	18.6% ±1.5 pp	22.5%	22.8%
35–64	17,826 ±1,032	38.5% ±2.2 pp	36.5%	38.0%
65 and older	7,670 ±597	16.6% ±1.3 pp	19.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 46,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Male	22,432 ±530	48.4% ±1.1 pp	49.7%	49.5%
Female	23,882 ±530	51.6% ±1.1 pp	50.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 46,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
White alone	22,614 ±1,245	48.8% ±2.7 pp	47.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	331 ±166 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	12,096 ±1,133	26.1% ±2.4 pp	9.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	433 ±156	0.9% ±0.3 pp	1.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	17 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,061 ±830	8.8% ±1.8 pp	13.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	6,762 ±991	14.6% ±2.1 pp	25.8%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 46,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,131 ±895	75.9% ±1.9 pp	51.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11,183 ±893	24.1% ±1.9 pp	48.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,114
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Married-couple family	7,576 ±543	44.3% ±2.9 pp	40.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	928 ±253	5.4% ±1.5 pp	6.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,321 ±383	13.6% ±2.2 pp	13.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	5,385 ±481	31.5% ±2.6 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	904 ±251	5.3% ±1.5 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,114
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,466 ±432	31.9% ±2.3 pp	27.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	11,648 ±671	68.1% ±3.4 pp	72.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,114
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	5,385 ±481	31.5% ±2.6 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,638 ±547	32.9% ±3.0 pp	34.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,821 ±365	10.6% ±2.1 pp	13.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,258 ±458	13.2% ±2.6 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,265 ±282	7.4% ±1.6 pp	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	436 ±173	2.5% ±1.0 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	311 ±118	1.8% ±0.7 pp	1.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 46,314
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Native	44,791 ±366	96.7% ±0.8 pp	90.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,523 ±366	3.3% ±0.8 pp	9.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 43,552
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
English only	34,292 ±1,175	78.7% ±2.6 pp	68.7%	77.7%
Spanish	4,314 ±771	9.9% ±1.8 pp	24.5%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	36 ±41 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	77 ±53 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	94 ±86 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	72 ±80 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	174 ±92 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	83 ±94 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	4,410 ±847	10.1% ±1.9 pp	4.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 30,519
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,567 ±438	8.4% ±1.4 pp	12.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,624 ±781	25.0% ±2.5 pp	25.7%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	8,194 ±678	26.8% ±2.2 pp	22.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,139 ±599	13.6% ±1.9 pp	9.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,720 ±489	15.5% ±1.6 pp	17.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,275 ±482	10.7% ±1.6 pp	13.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 45,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Same house	40,379 ±1,043	88.0% ±2.2 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,671 ±743	5.8% ±1.6 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,066 ±392	2.3% ±0.9 pp	2.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,697 ±718	3.7% ±1.6 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	77 ±103 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

11.2% of Farmington residents (±1.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.6% in New Mexico and 8.4% nationally. 80.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Farmington	New Mexico	U.S.	Compared with New Mexico
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	11.2% ±1.9 pp	9.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	80.5% ±2.7 pp	86.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.5% ±1.2 pp	7.9%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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