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Doña Ana County, New Mexico has a population of 224,266 across 3,808 square miles, up 4.5 percent since the 2020 census base. County output reached $11.32 bn in 2024, 3,798 establishments operate here, and the SBA record carries 120 7(a) approvals worth $43.5 m.
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Doña Ana County
How many people live in Doña Ana County
- Population224,266
- Households84,889
- Average household size2.64
- Median household income$56,848
- Median age34.3
- Median gross rent$934 per month
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,800
- Home value to household income3.9 times
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over140,141
- Population under 1851,915
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over38,231
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent
- Working age population, 18 to 64134,120
- Civilian labor force102,636
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent
- Labor force participation, adults 18 and over59.6 percent
- Rank by population among New Mexico counties2nd of 33
- Rank by population among US county-equivalents318th
Doña Ana County is the 2nd largest of 33 New Mexico counties by population. A median home costs 3.9 times median household income, which is an affordable ownership market by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 23.1 percent against 17.0 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Is Doña Ana County's population growing?
- Population change since the 2020 census base4.46 percent
- Census 2020 base population219,566
- Births, 20242,315
- Deaths, 20242,053
- Natural change, 2024262
- Net domestic migration, 2024869
- Net international migration, 20241,694
- Total net migration, 20242,563
- Cumulative net domestic migration, 2021 to 20244,049
- Rank by growth among US county-equivalents619th
The county has grown 4.46 percent since the 2020 census base. Migration contributed more to 2024 change than births over deaths, so demand here follows people arriving rather than families forming.
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024.
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Where are people moving to Doña Ana County from?
- Tax returns filed by households arriving5,307
- People arriving, from those returns9,586
- Adjusted gross income arriving$317.9 m
- Net adjusted gross income movement$0
- Average income of an arriving household$59,907
- Largest single originDo�a Ana County Non-migrants (80,173 households)
- Largest single destination (80,173 households)
| Origin | Households | People | Adjusted gross income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do�a Ana County Non-migrants | 80,173 | 160,669 | $4.58 bn |
| Other flows - Different State | 1,913 | 3,401 | $145.8 m |
| El Paso County | 1,106 | 2,214 | $46.4 m |
| Other flows - South | 736 | 1,307 | $51.5 m |
| Other flows - West | 626 | 1,136 | $54.7 m |
| Other flows - Midwest | 374 | 661 | $24.1 m |
| Bernalillo County | 243 | 378 | $10.1 m |
| Otero County | 226 | 459 | $8.8 m |
The largest single source of arrivals is Do�a Ana County Non-migrants, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
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What is the Doña Ana County economy?
- County GDP, 2024$11.32 bn
- County GDP, 2023$10.76 bn
- GDP change, 2023 to 20245.2 percent
- GDP change over five years41.1 percent
- Rank by GDP among New Mexico counties4th
- Rank by GDP among US county-equivalents401st
- GDP per resident$50,455
Output grew 5.2 percent in the latest year and 41.1 percent over five, which is the trend line a lender will read behind any single year figure.
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024.
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Largest employers in Doña Ana County
- Covered employment, annual average79,409
- Establishments reporting5,817
- Average annual pay$49,974
- Average weekly wage$961
- Sector 62, employment16,848
- Sector 62, average annual pay$45,527
- Sector 72, employment8,364
- Sector 72, average annual pay$23,010
- Sector 44-45, employment8,134
- Sector 44-45, average annual pay$32,745
- Sector 23, employment4,363
- Sector 23, average annual pay$55,376
- Sector 56, employment3,902
- Sector 54, employment3,191
| Sector | Employment | Establishments | Average annual pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 62 | 16,848 | 1,202 | $45,527 |
| Sector 72 | 8,364 | 324 | $23,010 |
| Sector 44-45 | 8,134 | 549 | $32,745 |
| Sector 23 | 4,363 | 534 | $55,376 |
| Sector 56 | 3,902 | 368 | $51,275 |
| Sector 54 | 3,191 | 645 | $77,113 |
| Sector 31-33 | 3,140 | 128 | $48,670 |
| Sector 11 | 2,370 | 188 | $38,110 |
The largest sector is the biggest private employer group at 16,848 jobs, 21.2 percent of covered employment. Average pay per job sits below median household income, so households here typically need more than one earner.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
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How many businesses are in Doña Ana County?
- Establishments, all industries3,798
- Employment at those establishments55,834
- Annual payroll$2.30 bn
- Establishments per 1,000 residents16.9
These are counts of establishments physically operating in the county, not listings, so they are the supply side a feasibility study measures demand against.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
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Building permits in Doña Ana County
- Housing units authorised by permit, 2024964
- Declared construction value permitted$233.5 m
- Single family units authorised834
- Multifamily units authorised130
- Multifamily share of units13.5 percent
- Average declared value per unit$242,227
- Units authorised per 1,000 households11.4
Multifamily is 13.5 percent of units authorised, so the pipeline is predominantly for sale product.
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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SBA loans in Doña Ana County (7(a) and 504)
- 7(a) approvals recorded120
- 7(a) gross approval dollars$43.5 m
- Average 7(a) approval$362,545
- Median 7(a) approval$100,000
- 10th percentile approval$15,000
- 90th percentile approval$952,000
- Largest single approval$4,700,000
- Jobs reported supported, 7(a)1,244
- Jobs per approval10.4
- Distinct 7(a) lenders active36
- Distinct industries receiving approvals82
- Median 7(a) term120 months
- Share of loans on real estate terms, 240 months or longer15.0 percent
- Loans on real estate terms18
- Loans on working capital terms, 120 months or shorter100
- Franchise loans9
- Franchise share of approvals7.5 percent
- Leading industry by approval countHotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (5)
- Most active lenderU.S. Bank, National Association (26)
- 504 approvals recorded65
- 504 gross approval dollars$48.2 m
- Average 504 approval$741,262
- Median 504 approval$496,000
- Distinct CDCs active6
- 504 jobs per approval7.3
- 504 jobs per million dollars approved9.8
- Most active CDCEnchantment Land Certified Development Company (43)
- 7(a) share of SBA approvals64.9 percent
- Combined SBA approval dollars$91.7 m
The average approval of $362,545 sits well above the median of $100,000, so a small number of large deals is pulling the mean up. The median is the better guide to what a typical borrower here actually gets. Only 15.0 percent of approvals run on real estate terms, so SBA credit here is mostly working capital and equipment rather than property acquisition.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Doña Ana County
Do SBA loans in Doña Ana County get paid back?
- Loans with a final outcome recorded26
- Paid in full24
- Charged off2
- Charge off rate on resolved loans7.7 percent
- Status: Exempt from disclosure75
- Status: Paid in full24
- Status: Cancelled17
- Status: Charged off2
- Status: Committed, not yet disbursed2
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 7.7 percent were charged off. This is computed only over resolved loans, because a loan still running has not yet succeeded or failed and counting it either way would be wrong.
Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA lending by place in Doña Ana County
- Places in the county with recorded lending8
- LAS CRUCES, approvals100
- Anthony, approvals6
- SANTA TERESA, approvals4
- CHAPARRAL, approvals4
- MESILLA PARK, approvals2
- Mesquite, approvals2
| Place | Approvals | Gross approval dollars |
|---|---|---|
| LAS CRUCES | 100 | $40,446,000 |
| Anthony | 6 | $588,000 |
| SANTA TERESA | 4 | $883,600 |
| CHAPARRAL | 4 | $370,000 |
| MESILLA PARK | 2 | $515,000 |
| Mesquite | 2 | $102,800 |
| SUNLAND PARK | 1 | $350,000 |
| La Cruces | 1 | $250,000 |
LAS CRUCES accounts for 100 approvals against 6 in Anthony. County level figures average over that gap, which is why a site decision is made at the submarket rather than the county.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Doña Ana County
How large is Doña Ana County?
- Land area3,808 sq mi
- Rank by land area among New Mexico counties16th of 33
- Width, east to west56.3 mi
- Height, north to south87.7 mi
- Geographies sharing a boundary3
- Residents per square mile of land59
- Establishments per square mile1.00
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No NFIP communities are listed for this county in the FEMA Community Status Book.
- Flood zone record counts are not held. The flood coverage export has not landed, so no count is shown rather than an estimated one.
- Traffic counts resolve in the platform, not in this dataset, so no AADT figure is printed here.
- Zoning is in build. Parcel level zoning is not published on this page.
Feasibility studies
When a Doña Ana County site needs a document a lender will accept.
The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Doña Ana County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.
- Population224,266
- Households84,889
- Average household size2.64
- Median household income$56,848
- Median age34.3
Common questions
Doña Ana County questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Doña Ana County, New Mexico?
224,266, in 84,889 households, ranking 2nd of 33 New Mexico counties. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Doña Ana County's population growing?
The population has grown 4.46 percent since the 2020 census base. In 2024 there were 2,315 births against 2,053 deaths, with net migration of 2,563. Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024.
What is the median household income in Doña Ana County?
$56,848. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,800, which is 3.9 times income, and median gross rent is $934 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.
How many businesses are in Doña Ana County?
3,798 establishments, employing 55,834 people with an annual payroll of $2.30 bn. These are establishments physically operating in the county, not listings. Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.
What is the average wage in Doña Ana County?
Average annual pay is $49,974, or $961 a week, across 79,409 covered jobs. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
How much SBA lending happens in Doña Ana County?
120 7(a) approvals totalling $43.5 m since FY2020, across 36 lenders, with a median approval of $100,000, plus 65 504 approvals worth $48.2 m. These are approvals recorded in the release, not loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans in Doña Ana County get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 24 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded, because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
How many building permits were issued in Doña Ana County?
964 housing units were authorised by permit in 2024, with a declared construction value of $233.5 m. Multifamily was 13.5 percent of units. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
What is the radon zone for Doña Ana County?
Zone 2, a predicted average indoor radon screening level from 2 to 4 pCi/L. Source: US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.
Where do people moving to Doña Ana County come from?
The largest single origin is Do�a Ana County Non-migrants, with 80,173 households. Arriving households report an average income of $59,907 against null for those leaving. Source: US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Are traffic counts available for Doña Ana County on this page?
No. Annual average daily traffic resolves in the platform rather than in this dataset, so no AADT figure is printed here. It is a gap we know about rather than a figure we estimated.
Is zoning published for Doña Ana County?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning, and where a statutory framework applies it is marked as the statewide frame with confirm locally attached.
Doña Ana County
Cities and places in Doña Ana.
30 Census places lie wholly or partly in Doña Ana County. 30 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.
| Place | Type | Population | SBA approvals | Lies in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces | city | 114,197 | 100 | Wholly in this county |
| Chaparral | CDP | 18,186 | 4 | 65.5 percent here, 34.5 percent Otero County |
| Sunland Park | city | 17,463 | 1 | Wholly in this county |
| Anthony | city | 8,767 | 6 | Wholly in this county |
| Santa Teresa | CDP | 6,041 | 4 | Wholly in this county |
| Vado | CDP | 2,895 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| University Park | CDP | 2,782 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| San Ysidro | CDP | 2,118 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Picacho Hills | CDP | 2,002 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Radium Springs | CDP | 1,908 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Mesilla | town | 1,717 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| White Sands | CDP | 1,609 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Hatch | village | 1,588 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Berino | CDP | 1,454 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Butterfield Park | CDP | 1,119 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| La Union | CDP | 1,071 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Salem | CDP | 916 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Doña Ana | CDP | 868 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| San Miguel | CDP | 772 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| San Pablo | CDP | 696 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Mesquite | CDP | 675 | 2 | Wholly in this county |
| Fairacres | CDP | 616 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Chamberino | CDP | 580 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Placitas | CDP | 516 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| La Mesa | CDP | 473 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Tortugas | CDP | 381 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Rincon | CDP | 271 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Organ | CDP | 152 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Garfield | CDP | 85 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |
| Rodey | CDP | 0 | None recorded | Wholly in this county |