4,385 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.3% since 2020)
3,030 square miles of land · 1 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.
7 active community water systems list Guadalupe County in the area they serve, reporting 4,412 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SANTA ROSA WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · NM3515010 | 2,681 served |
| VAUGHN DURAN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NM3515310 | 785 served |
| PUERTO DE LUNA MDWCA buys groundwater · local government · NM3514810 | 426 served |
| SANGRE DE CRISTO REGIONAL MDWCA groundwater · local government · NM3515110 | 346 served |
| HOLLYWOOD RANCH DOMESTIC WUA buys groundwater · local government · NM3500410 | 79 served |
| RIVERAS MDWUA buys groundwater · local government · NM3566510 | 60 served |
| RIO PECOS VILLA MDWCA buys groundwater · local government · NM3547010 | 35 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 0 people were held in Guadalupe County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2022). In 2017 it was about 18.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Guadalupe County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.8 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $21,955 per student, plus $515,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.5 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $3.7 million — $3.1 million to run schools, about $67,761 per student, plus $512,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $220,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Guadalupe County about $2.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
82 bridges in Guadalupe County: 20 in good condition, 57 fair, and 5 poor (6.1%). “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.
| NM-219 over PINTADA CREEK · built 1972 | 799 vehicles a day |
| FR-4089 over I-40 EBL and WBL · built 2005 | 415 vehicles a day |
| NM-119 over UNNAMED WATERWAY · built 1951 | 364 vehicles a day |
| NM-129 over I-40 EBL/WBL · built 1963 | 97 vehicles a day |
| FR-4084 over I-40 EBL and WBL · built 2005 | 72 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13 million of work in Guadalupe County in fiscal 2025, about $2,927 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 Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: San Miguel County (42 mi) · De Baca County (42 mi) · Torrance County (66 mi) · Quay County (72 mi) · Mora County (77 mi) · Santa Fe County (80 mi).