† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLa CienegaNew MexicoUnited States
Mexican39.8%32.4%11.3%
Spanish10.4%4.2%—
Spaniard8.3%3.6%—
Guatemalan0.9%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.9%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
English9.9%8.5%9.5%
German8.4%8.7%12.5%
Irish6.6%6.9%9.4%
American3.1%3.9%5.3%
Italian2.8%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.7%1.3%
French1.6%1.4%1.6%
Polish1.1%0.8%2.2%
Navajo3.9%5.8%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
La Cienega
New Mexico
United States
Median age
44.2
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
19.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
La Cienega
New Mexico
United States
Median household income
$85,250
$64,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.0%
17.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.6%
30.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
La Cienega
New Mexico
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
40.5%
31.4%
22.3%
Spanish
40.0%
24.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
La Cienega
New Mexico
United States
Catholic
—
29.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
La Cienega, New Mexico
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+61.5%
2008
+74.1%
2012
+58.0%
2016
+55.2%
2020
+52.2%
2024
+37.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
67.8%Harris1,084
30.4%Trump486
1.9%
D+37.4
R+14.8
D+38.8
1,600
D
75.4%Biden1,189
23.3%Trump367
1.3%
D+52.2
R+3.0
D+47.7
1,576
D
73.0%Clinton908
17.9%Trump222
9.1%
D+55.2
R+2.8
D+53.1
1,243
D
76.9%Obama883
18.9%Romney217
4.2%
D+58.0
R+16.1
D+54.2
1,148
D
86.2%Obama376
12.2%McCain53
1.6%
D+74.1
D+12.6
D+66.8
436
D
80.1%Kerry599
18.6%Bush139
1.3%
D+61.5
—
D+64.0
748
La Cienega sits in the Rio Grande corridor southwest of Santa Fe, where acequia water rights and agricultural land-use decisions have long driven community organizing and voter engagement in an otherwise low-density precinct.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.1 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.4 points.
A population of 3,543, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,250 describe the city.
In 2024, La Cienega, New Mexico voted Democratic by 37.4 points (D+37.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,600 votes cast, 1,084 went Democratic and 486 went Republican.
How many people live in La Cienega, New Mexico?
La Cienega, New Mexico has a population of 3,543 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Cienega, New Mexico?
Median household income in La Cienega, New Mexico is $85,250 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of La Cienega, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in La Cienega, New Mexico from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
