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Curry County, New Mexico

A county in New Mexico, ranked 12 of 33 by population.

CountyFIPS 35009

Within New Mexico
Curry County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Clovis, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
46,655
-1,717 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,406
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
33.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clovis
Seat of county government.
Established
1909
116 years ago
Largest city
Clovis city
Population 37,127.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Curry County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Curry County, New Mexico from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 715 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Curry County ranks

Position among the 33 counties of New Mexico, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn New MexicoNationally
Population46,65512th of 331,057th of 3,144
Land area1,406 sq mi30th of 33428th of 3,144
Population density33.2 per sq mi7th of 331,833rd of 3,144
Median household income$57,30910th of 322,309th of 3,143

Full data for Curry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population46,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,372Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,428Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,406 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,409 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?33.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,309American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age31.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,595American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,426American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+222
697 births, 475 deaths
Net migration
-931
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Curry County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Quay CountyNew Mexico64 mi8,454
Roosevelt CountyNew Mexico61 mi18,615
Parmer CountyTexas30 mi9,678
Deaf Smith CountyTexas14 mi18,626
Bailey CountyTexas0.7 mi6,963

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 33 counties of New Mexico

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.