Valencia County, New Mexico: New American county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 78,4582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,9332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 60.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Luna County, NM · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Valencia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Valencia County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | −63.1% |
| 1916 | −59.7% |
| 1920 | −49.6% |
| 1924 | −61.4% |
| 1928 | −59.8% |
| 1932 | −18.8% |
| 1936 | +6.3% |
| 1940 | −1.7% |
| 1944 | −5.8% |
| 1948 | −5.9% |
| 1952 | −7.0% |
| 1956 | −13.6% |
| 1960 | +17.7% |
| 1964 | +32.4% |
| 1968 | −1.4% |
| 1972 | −14.5% |
| 1976 | +4.3% |
| 1980 | −22.4% |
| 1984 | −21.9% |
| 1988 | −4.9% |
| 1992 | +7.1% |
| 1996 | +7.5% |
| 2000 | −4.6% |
| 2004 | −12.3% |
| 2008 | +7.7% |
| 2012 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | −8.6% |
| 2020 | −9.6% |
| 2024 | −16.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 13,609 | 19,057 | 33,277 | ||
| R | 14,263 | 17,364 | 32,277 | ||
| R | 10,841 | 13,215 | 27,592 | ||
| D | 13,511 | 12,825 | 27,728 | ||
| D | 15,366 | 13,136 | 28,899 | ||
| R | 11,270 | 14,474 | 26,012 | ||
| R | 9,819 | 10,803 | 21,377 | ||
| D | 9,169 | 7,779 | 18,545 | ||
| D | 7,495 | 6,305 | 16,768 | ||
| R | 7,136 | 7,874 | 15,200 | ||
| R | 5,393 | 8,474 | 14,049 | ||
| R | 6,886 | 11,177 | 19,142 | ||
| D | 8,566 | 7,851 | 16,553 | ||
| R | 6,110 | 8,239 | 14,688 | ||
| R | 5,513 | 5,676 | 11,947 | ||
| D | 7,757 | 3,950 | 11,757 | ||
| D | 7,043 | 4,929 | 11,976 | ||
| R | 3,547 | 4,663 | 8,218 | ||
| R | 3,310 | 3,810 | 7,125 | ||
| R | 2,914 | 3,280 | 6,227 | ||
| R | 2,461 | 2,765 | 5,229 | ||
| R | 3,318 | 3,436 | 6,760 | ||
| D | 3,336 | 2,941 | 6,291 | ||
| R | 2,229 | 3,263 | 5,507 | ||
| R | 881 | 3,500 | 4,382 | ||
| R | 678 | 3,183 | 4,080 | ||
| R | 951 | 2,839 | 3,806 | ||
| R | 383 | 1,540 | 1,937 | ||
| R | 231 | 1,263 | 1,635 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.5%
German
7.2%
Irish
5.4%
American
4.6%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.1%
French
1.0%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,933
Valencia County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Valencia County$58,933
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Valencia County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.0%
Working age (18–64)16.2%
Seniors (65+)15.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.0%
speak English only
Spanish25.3%
Other languages1.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Valencia County, anchored by Belen along the Rio Grande corridor south of Albuquerque, shifted from a reliably Democratic stronghold to an R+16 margin in 2024 — a swing driven largely by realignment among its majority-Hispanic working-class electorate.
Valencia County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-two points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,933, and a population of 78,458. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Luna County and Hidalgo County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Valencia County, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Valencia County, New Mexico voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,277 votes cast, 13,609 went Democratic and 19,057 went Republican.
What is Valencia County, New Mexico's political typology?
Akashic places Valencia County, New Mexico in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Valencia County, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Valencia County, New Mexico voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Valencia County, New Mexico?
Valencia County, New Mexico has a population of 78,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Valencia County, New Mexico?
Median household income in Valencia County, New Mexico is $58,933 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Valencia County, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Valencia County, New Mexico from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.