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Torrance County, New Mexico

A county in New Mexico, ranked 22 of 33 by population.

CountyFIPS 35057

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

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Population
16,100
+1,041 (+6.9%) since 2020
Land area
3,345
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
4.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Estancia
Seat of county government.
Established
1903
122 years ago
Largest city
Moriarty city
Population 2,074.

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 Torrance 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 Torrance 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 800 by 661 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 Torrance 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
Population16,10022nd of 332,035th of 3,144
Land area3,345 sq mi20th of 33150th of 3,144
Population density4.8 per sq mi21st of 332,782nd of 3,144
Median household income$57,8429th of 322,268th of 3,143

Full data for Torrance County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,100Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,059Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,048Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,345 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.89 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,346 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,842American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,052American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,293American 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
-58
139 births, 197 deaths
Net migration
+221
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 7 areas bordering Torrance 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
Guadalupe CountyNew Mexico49 mi4,343
Lincoln CountyNew Mexico41 mi19,844
Socorro CountyNew Mexico40 mi15,838
Valencia CountyNew Mexico36 mi82,013
Bernalillo CountyNew Mexico32 mi667,601
Santa Fe CountyNew Mexico30 mi156,907
San Miguel CountyNew Mexico24 mi26,260

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.