County profile
Rio Arriba County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#1577 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,426
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
541
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,832
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$57.2k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±2.1%
Poverty rate
18.2%±2.2%
Business applications
314 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
21.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care31%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation25%
Other services8%
Construction6%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,832
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−241
International migration+452
Natural change−637
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.7k±$17.8k
Median gross rent
$740/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
21.2%±2.3%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
80.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Landslide 95Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1852017
1982018
2042019
2112020
2432021
2732022
3012023
3222024
3312025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
116.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
43.9 km
CTSR
Nearest port
980.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
113.2 km
SANTA FE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.3k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rio Arriba?
Rio Arriba's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.