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Guadalupe County, New Mexico

A county in New Mexico, ranked 27 of 33 by population.

CountyFIPS 35019

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

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Population
4,343
-97 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
3,030
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Santa Rosa
Seat of county government.
Established
1891
134 years ago
Largest city
Santa Rosa city
Population 2,802.

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 Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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 722 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 Guadalupe 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
Population4,34327th of 332,864th of 3,144
Land area3,030 sq mi21st of 33170th of 3,144
Population density1.4 per sq mi28th of 333,032nd of 3,144
Median household income$42,75028th of 323,010th of 3,143

Full data for Guadalupe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,343Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,440Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,453Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,030 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,031 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,750American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,490American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,029American 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
-19
42 births, 61 deaths
Net migration
0
Arrivals and departures balanced.

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

The 5 areas bordering Guadalupe 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
San Miguel CountyNew Mexico83 mi26,260
De Baca CountyNew Mexico73 mi1,647
Torrance CountyNew Mexico49 mi16,100
Quay CountyNew Mexico25 mi8,454
Lincoln CountyNew Mexico24 mi19,844

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.