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Eddy County, New Mexico

A county in New Mexico, ranked 11 of 33 by population.

CountyFIPS 35015

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

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Population
62,509
+165 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
4,176
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
15.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Carlsbad
Seat of county government.
Established
1891
134 years ago
Largest city
Carlsbad city
Population 32,524.

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 Eddy 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 Eddy 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 788 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 Eddy 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
Population62,50911th of 33871st of 3,144
Land area4,176 sq mi13th of 33113th of 3,144
Population density15.0 per sq mi11th of 332,396th of 3,144
Median household income$78,4264th of 32653rd of 3,143

Full data for Eddy County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,509Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,344Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,317Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,176 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,198 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,426American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$212,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,620American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units26,839American 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
+189
791 births, 602 deaths
Net migration
+518
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Eddy 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
Chaves CountyNew Mexico91 mi63,364
Lea CountyNew Mexico72 mi74,749
Culberson CountyTexas49 mi2,267
Otero CountyNew Mexico36 mi70,368
Loving CountyTexas15 mi52
Reeves CountyTexas2.6 mi12,138

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.