Total Population in Lea County, NM
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
73,733
Rank #761/3,222 · #7 in NM
76th
Lea 73,733
NM 2,120,246 -96.5%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Lea County's total population of 73,733 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Lea County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #758 | Fauquier County, VA | 74,577 |
| #759 | Franklin County, NC | 74,386 |
| #760 | Wood County, WI | 74,004 |
| #761 | Lea County, NM | 73,733 |
| #762 | Kauai County, HI | 73,731 |
| #763 | Lewis and Clark County, MT | 73,464 |
| #764 | Pottawatomie County, OK | 73,463 |
About Total Population
Lea County, New Mexico has a total population of 73,733, ranking #761 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within New Mexico, it ranks #7 of 33. This places it in the 76th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.