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Taos County, New Mexico

A county in New Mexico, ranked 14 of 33 by population.

CountyFIPS 35055

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

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Population
34,564
+105 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
2,202
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
15.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Taos
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Taos town
Population 6,526.

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 Taos 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 Taos 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 587 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 Taos 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
Population34,56414th of 331,324th of 3,144
Land area2,202 sq mi26th of 33256th of 3,144
Population density15.7 per sq mi10th of 332,369th of 3,144
Median household income$58,9507th of 322,174th of 3,143

Full data for Taos County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,564Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,459Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,202 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,204 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,950American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$382,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age52.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,549American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,250American 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
-185
235 births, 420 deaths
Net migration
+312
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 5 areas bordering Taos 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
Rio Arriba CountyNew Mexico93 mi39,832
Colfax CountyNew Mexico73 mi12,184
Costilla CountyColorado28 mi3,679
Mora CountyNew Mexico24 mi4,051
Conejos CountyColorado16 mi7,529

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.