† 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
31 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupAlbuquerque-Santa FeUnited States
Mexican27.2%11.3%
Spanish4.5%—
Spaniard3.5%—
Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
German9.1%12.5%
English8.9%9.5%
Irish7.2%9.4%
American3.8%5.3%
Italian2.5%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.3%
French1.5%1.6%
Polish0.8%2.2%
Navajo8.6%—
African American†1.2%9.9%
Filipino0.4%0.9%
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%1.4%
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
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
United States
Median age
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
United States
Median household income
$66,228
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
29.7%
22.3%
Spanish
20.9%
13.6%
Other languages
6.4%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
United States
Catholic
30.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.4%
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.
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−32.2%
1896
+93.1%
1900
+38.9%
1904
−5.5%
1908
+21.5%
1912
+6.0%
1916
+4.4%
1920
−12.7%
1924
−7.9%
1928
−19.1%
1932
+22.7%
1936
+22.1%
1940
+9.2%
1944
+4.7%
1948
+9.4%
1952
−11.8%
1956
−17.1%
1960
+1.9%
1964
+19.8%
1968
−11.3%
1972
−23.0%
1976
−1.8%
1980
−18.4%
1984
−18.9%
1988
−3.6%
1992
+10.3%
1996
+8.5%
2000
+1.3%
2004
+1.4%
2008
+16.4%
2012
+11.5%
2016
+9.2%
2020
+12.3%
2024
+7.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
52.7%Harris470,724
45.0%Trump402,370
2.3%
D+7.6
R+4.6
D+9.1
893,615
D
55.1%Biden495,672
42.8%Trump384,973
2.2%
D+12.3
D+3.1
D+7.8
900,388
D
48.8%Clinton377,956
39.6%Trump306,626
11.6%
D+9.2
R+2.3
D+7.1
774,746
D
53.7%Obama407,770
42.1%Romney320,179
4.2%
D+11.5
R+4.9
D+7.7
759,817
D
57.5%Obama459,236
41.1%McCain328,275
1.3%
D+16.4
D+15.0
D+9.1
798,048
D
50.1%Kerry364,658
48.7%Bush354,697
1.1%
D+1.4
D+0.1
D+3.8
727,642
D
48.3%Gore279,160
47.0%Bush271,628
4.7%
D+1.3
R+7.2
D+0.8
578,063
D
49.5%Clinton263,648
41.1%Dole218,642
9.4%
D+8.5
R+1.9
R+0.1
532,204
D
46.7%Clinton252,976
36.3%Bush196,970
17.0%
D+10.3
D+14.0
D+4.8
541,989
R
47.6%Dukakis232,942
51.2%Bush250,662
1.3%
R+3.6
D+15.3
D+4.1
489,806
R
40.0%Mondale194,213
58.9%Reagan285,927
1.1%
R+18.9
R+0.5
R+0.7
485,383
R
36.5%Carter157,446
54.8%Reagan236,654
8.7%
R+18.4
R+16.5
R+8.6
431,504
R
48.5%Carter190,346
50.3%Ford197,502
1.1%
R+1.8
D+21.2
R+3.9
392,352
R
37.2%McGovern133,181
60.3%Nixon215,632
2.5%
R+23.0
R+11.7
D+0.1
357,883
R
40.3%Humphrey121,424
51.7%Nixon155,532
8.0%
R+11.3
R+31.1
R+10.6
301,094
D
59.6%Johnson180,550
39.8%Goldwater120,632
0.5%
D+19.8
D+17.9
R+2.8
302,829
D
50.7%Kennedy145,352
48.9%Nixon140,033
0.4%
D+1.9
D+18.9
D+1.7
286,615
R
41.3%Stevenson97,088
58.3%Eisenhower137,216
0.4%
R+17.1
R+5.3
R+1.7
235,242
R
43.9%Stevenson96,398
55.7%Eisenhower122,174
0.4%
R+11.8
R+21.2
R+1.0
219,367
D
54.3%Truman92,518
44.9%Dewey76,472
0.7%
D+9.4
D+4.7
D+4.9
170,240
D
52.3%Roosevelt72,441
47.6%Dewey65,911
0.1%
D+4.7
R+4.4
R+2.8
138,491
D
54.5%Roosevelt91,806
45.4%Willkie76,379
0.1%
D+9.2
R+13.0
R+0.8
168,411
D
60.7%Roosevelt93,118
38.5%Landon59,171
0.8%
D+22.1
R+0.6
R+2.2
153,525
D
60.7%Roosevelt83,423
38.0%Hoover52,202
1.3%
D+22.7
D+41.8
D+4.9
137,435
R
40.4%Smith43,949
59.5%Hoover64,760
0.2%
R+19.1
R+11.2
R+1.6
108,916
R
41.8%Davis43,191
49.7%Coolidge51,381
8.5%
R+7.9
D+4.8
D+17.3
103,409
R
43.1%Cox40,733
55.8%Harding52,735
1.0%
R+12.7
R+17.1
D+13.5
94,430
D
51.1%Wilson31,347
46.7%Hughes28,633
2.2%
D+4.4
R+1.5
D+1.3
61,350
D
41.7%Wilson19,206
35.8%Taft16,458
22.5%
D+6.0
R+15.6
R+13.6
46,013
D
56.2%Bryan2,952
34.7%Taft1,821
9.1%
D+21.5
D+27.0
D+31.1
5,249
R
44.3%Parker2,021
49.7%Roosevelt2,271
6.0%
R+5.5
R+44.4
D+14.2
4,565
D
68.9%Bryan2,576
30.0%McKinley1,120
1.2%
D+38.9
R+54.2
D+46.5
3,739
D
96.5%Bryan3,574
3.3%McKinley124
0.2%
D+93.1
D+125.3
D+99.2
3,705
O
0.0%Cleveland0
32.2%Harrison685
67.8%
Weaver +35.6
—
R+33.9
2,126
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+10.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+7.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.2 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Albuquerque-Santa Fe
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016 (partial)
64,931
19,068
22,291
22,197
1,375
2018 (partial)
66,730
18,559
21,494
25,290
1,387
2020 (partial)
70,639
18,791
21,957
28,436
1,455
2022 (partial)
73,378
16,496
20,695
34,730
1,457
2024 (partial)
75,762
16,004
19,995
38,177
1,586
2026 (partial)
1,267,643
531,377
394,292
317,326
24,648
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,701 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −58,521 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Albuquerque-Santa Fe in Albuquerque-Santa Fe: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−727
2012
−6,352
2013
−6,391
2014
−11,438
2015
−8,782
2016
−4,737
2017
−6,124
2018
−3,367
2019
−858
2021
−580
2022
−3,540
2023
−2,380
2024
−1,544
2025
−1,701
Stretching from Bernalillo County's urban core to Santa Fe's state-government workforce, this market contains some of the nation's highest concentrations of Native American and Hispanic voters, making mobilization patterns here a consistent bellwether for New Mexico outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 32.2 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.6 points.
A population of 1,964,921, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,228 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Paso (Las Cruces) and Monterey-Salinas.
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How did Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico voted Democratic by 7.6 points (D+7.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 893,615 votes cast, 470,724 went Democratic and 402,370 went Republican.
When did Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico has a population of 1,964,921 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Median household income in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico is $66,228 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
