Who's moving to and from Lea County, New Mexico?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 2,359 people in, 2,602 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−243 people
−141 households
Arrivals' income
$48.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Lea County went in New Mexico

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New Mexico counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Lubbock County, TX, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. El Paso County, TX132
  2. Lubbock County, TX114
  3. Gaines County, TX101
  4. Eddy County94
  5. Bernalillo County81
  6. Chaves County72
  7. Midland County, TX69
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,449

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lubbock County, TX256
  2. Midland County, TX146
  3. El Paso County, TX107
  4. Ector County, TX107
  5. Gaines County, TX103
  6. Eddy County78
  7. Bernalillo County71
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,531

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lea usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 6 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−14122–23††‡†
Net migration of Lea County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+259
2014–15 †+157
2015–16−709
2016–17 †−645
2017–18+111
2018–19 ‡+195
2019–20−261
2020–21−585
2021–22−387
2022–23 †−141

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Lea County, New Mexico?” movedwhere.com/county/lea-county-nm. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.