BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
New Mexico Unemployment Rate by County
New Mexico statewide was 4.9% in August 2026, against 4.2% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 33 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
33 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Bernalillo County4.7% · +0.7 pts
- Catron County6.1% · +0.7 pts
- Chaves County4.9% · +0.7 pts
- Cibola County6.0% · +0.2 pts
- Colfax County4.2% · +0.1 pts
- Curry County4.1% · +0.6 pts
- De Baca County4.8% · 0.0 pts
- Dona Ana County5.3% · +0.7 pts
- Eddy County3.5% · +0.2 pts
- Grant County5.0% · +0.8 pts
- Guadalupe County4.9% · +0.8 pts
- Harding County3.8% · +0.3 pts
- Hidalgo County6.6% · +0.3 pts
- Lea County4.3% · +0.7 pts
- Lincoln County4.6% · +0.3 pts
- Los Alamos County2.2% · +0.4 pts
- Luna County11.4% · +1.4 pts
- McKinley County6.9% · +1.2 pts
- Mora County6.3% · +0.3 pts
- Otero County4.9% · +0.4 pts
- Quay County4.9% · +1.1 pts
- Rio Arriba County4.8% · +0.8 pts
- Roosevelt County4.2% · +0.4 pts
- San Juan County5.3% · +0.9 pts
- San Miguel County5.3% · +1.0 pts
- Sandoval County4.9% · +0.6 pts
- Santa Fe County4.2% · +0.5 pts
- Sierra County5.9% · +0.9 pts
- Socorro County5.4% · +0.5 pts
- Taos County5.3% · +1.0 pts
- Torrance County6.1% · +0.9 pts
- Union County3.4% · −0.1 pts
- Valencia County5.5% · +1.0 pts