Valencia County, New Mexico

2024 results by precinct

66 precincts · 33,277 votes cast

Trump · R+16

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−16.4%	13,609	19,057	33,277
2020	R	−9.6%	14,263	17,364	32,277
2016	R	−8.6%	10,841	13,215	27,592
2012	D	+2.5%	13,511	12,825	27,728
2008	D	+7.7%	15,366	13,136	28,899
2004	R	−12.3%	11,270	14,474	26,012
2000	R	−4.6%	9,819	10,803	21,377
1996	D	+7.5%	9,169	7,779	18,545
1992	D	+7.1%	7,495	6,305	16,768
1988	R	−4.9%	7,136	7,874	15,200
1984	R	−21.9%	5,393	8,474	14,049
1980	R	−22.4%	6,886	11,177	19,142
1976	D	+4.3%	8,566	7,851	16,553
1972	R	−14.5%	6,110	8,239	14,688
1968	R	−1.4%	5,513	5,676	11,947
1964	D	+32.4%	7,757	3,950	11,757
1960	D	+17.7%	7,043	4,929	11,976
1956	R	−13.6%	3,547	4,663	8,218
1952	R	−7.0%	3,310	3,810	7,125
1948	R	−5.9%	2,914	3,280	6,227
1944	R	−5.8%	2,461	2,765	5,229
1940	R	−1.7%	3,318	3,436	6,760
1936	D	+6.3%	3,336	2,941	6,291
1932	R	−18.8%	2,229	3,263	5,507
1928	R	−59.8%	881	3,500	4,382
1924	R	−61.4%	678	3,183	4,080
1920	R	−49.6%	951	2,839	3,806
1916	R	−59.7%	383	1,540	1,937
1912	R	−63.1%	231	1,263	1,635
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.8%

2.6%

75–84

3.2%

5.4%

65–74

5.8%

6.5%

55–64

6.7%

6.0%

45–54

5.7%

6.4%

35–44

6.2%

6.5%

25–34

6.2%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

8.8%

5–17

8.5%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 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

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

35.3%

Other Christian

9.0%

Baptist

2.8%

Methodist

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.1%

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.

The Democratic margin in Valencia County has rarely exceeded thirty-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-three points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by sixteen points.

Valencia County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a 18% poverty rate, and a median household income of $58,933 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Luna County and Hidalgo County.

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