Santa Fe, New Mexico demographics

Santa Fe, NM demographics: median age 46.3; 47.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Santa Fe city, New Mexico · Incorporated city · GEOID 3570500. The survey estimates a population of 89,019 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Santa Fe is 46.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.6 years. There are 41,921 households (±695). 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	46.3 ±0.6	39.4 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 89,019
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Under 18	14,200 ±795	16.0% ±0.9 pp	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	18,053 ±821	20.3% ±0.9 pp	22.5%	22.8%
35–64	33,470 ±1,155	37.6% ±1.3 pp	36.5%	38.0%
65 and older	23,296 ±1,002	26.2% ±1.1 pp	19.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 89,019
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Male	43,139 ±660	48.5% ±0.7 pp	49.7%	49.5%
Female	45,880 ±659	51.5% ±0.7 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: 89,019
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
White alone	48,868 ±1,833	54.9% ±2.1 pp	47.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,211 ±259	1.4% ±0.3 pp	2.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,850 ±388	2.1% ±0.4 pp	9.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,703 ±231	1.9% ±0.3 pp	1.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	60 ±31 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	10,722 ±1,389	12.0% ±1.6 pp	13.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	24,605 ±1,537	27.6% ±1.7 pp	25.8%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 89,019
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,921 ±998	50.5% ±1.1 pp	51.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44,098 ±1,005	49.5% ±1.1 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: 41,921
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Married-couple family	15,261 ±824	36.4% ±1.9 pp	40.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,848 ±385	4.4% ±0.9 pp	6.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,435 ±568	10.6% ±1.3 pp	13.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	17,107 ±1,011	40.8% ±2.3 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,270 ±445	7.8% ±1.1 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 41,921
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Households with people under 18	9,042 ±679	21.6% ±1.6 pp	27.5%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	32,879 ±1,118	78.4% ±2.3 pp	72.5%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 41,921
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	17,107 ±1,011	40.8% ±2.3 pp	32.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	14,215 ±888	33.9% ±2.0 pp	34.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,254 ±590	12.5% ±1.4 pp	13.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,476 ±438	8.3% ±1.0 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,331 ±290	3.2% ±0.7 pp	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	402 ±147	1.0% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	136 ±77 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	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: 89,019
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Native	75,374 ±1,132	84.7% ±1.3 pp	90.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	13,645 ±1,113	15.3% ±1.3 pp	9.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 85,853
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
English only	57,383 ±1,522	66.8% ±1.7 pp	68.7%	77.7%
Spanish	24,155 ±1,556	28.1% ±1.8 pp	24.5%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	437 ±162	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	614 ±218	0.7% ±0.3 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	427 ±296 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	714 ±219	0.8% ±0.3 pp	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	164 ±97 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	375 ±157	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	40 ±46 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	466 ±215	0.5% ±0.3 pp	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	229 ±116 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Arabic	61 ±71 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	788 ±263	0.9% ±0.3 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: 67,422
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,895 ±678	8.7% ±1.0 pp	12.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	12,780 ±894	19.0% ±1.3 pp	25.7%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	12,162 ±911	18.0% ±1.3 pp	22.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,373 ±569	6.5% ±0.8 pp	9.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	14,964 ±879	22.2% ±1.3 pp	17.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17,248 ±928	25.6% ±1.4 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: 88,403
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Mexico	U.S.
Same house	76,443 ±1,107	86.5% ±1.2 pp	88.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,784 ±814	6.5% ±0.9 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,977 ±516	2.2% ±0.6 pp	2.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	3,678 ±580	4.2% ±0.7 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	521 ±170	0.6% ±0.2 pp	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

10.0% of Santa Fe residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.6% in New Mexico and 8.4% nationally. 91.7% 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	Santa Fe	New Mexico	U.S.	Compared with New Mexico
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.0% ±1.0 pp	9.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.7% ±1.1 pp	86.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.9% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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