671,747 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.8% since 2020)
1,161 square miles of land · 578 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
46 active community water systems list Bernalillo County in the area they serve, reporting 641,873 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ALBUQUERQUE WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · NM3510701 | 560,326 served |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO buys surface water · state · NM3575501 | 35,000 served |
| KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE groundwater · federal · NM3567701 | 22,500 served |
| ENTRANOSA WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · private · NM3524626 | 8,500 served |
| SANDIA PEAK UTILITY groundwater · private · NM3562201 | 6,079 served |
| TIERRA WEST ESTATES MHP groundwater · private · NM3511701 | 1,447 served |
| SANDIA KNOLLS WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · NM3511001 | 1,098 served |
| TRANQUILLO PINES MDWCA groundwater · private · NM3561101 | 814 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,482 people were held in Bernalillo County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 339 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 1,391.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Bernalillo County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $1.4 billion — $1.2 billion to run schools, about $15,108 per student, plus $172.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $243.9 million local (mostly property tax), $995.7 million state, $212.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $583.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bernalillo County about $153.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
496 bridges in Bernalillo County: 137 in good condition, 352 fair, and 7 poor (1.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I-25 NBL over Gibson Blvd · built 1961 | 119,665 vehicles a day |
| I-40 EBL over Tijeras Arroyo · built 1978 | 50,642 vehicles a day |
| I-40 WBL over Tijeras Arroyo · built 1978 | 50,642 vehicles a day |
| FL-4018 over I-25 NB/SB · built 1961 | 42,600 vehicles a day |
| I-40 EBL over Sedillo Hill Road · built 1976 | 34,941 vehicles a day |
| FL-4048 over I-25 NB Frontage Rd · built 1962 | 17,546 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $364.9 million of work in Bernalillo County in fiscal 2025, about $539 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New Mexico are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bernalillo County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bernalillo County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Valencia County (25 mi) · Sandoval County (45 mi) · Santa Fe County (51 mi) · Torrance County (56 mi) · Los Alamos County (60 mi) · Socorro County (75 mi).