New Mexico: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
New Mexico recorded 20,833 births in 2024 across 33 counties, served by 25 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 8 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 971 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 20,833-2.8% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 258 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 971CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 21.5national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 671,747 | 6,579 | 592 | 11.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Doña Ana County | 229,366 | 2,315 | 73 | 31.7 | 2 | 0 |
| San Juan County | 120,817 | 1,357 | 33 | 41.1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandoval County | 157,757 | 1,301 | 19 | 68.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Fe County | 157,765 | 1,109 | 114 | 9.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Lea County | 75,151 | 868 | 11 | 78.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Valencia County | 80,813 | 825 | 12 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 |
| McKinley County | 68,945 | 764 | 9 | 84.9 | 2 | 1 |
| Otero County | 69,711 | 741 | 7 | 105.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddy County | 61,436 | 731 | 9 | 81.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Chaves County | 63,697 | 727 | 23 | 31.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Curry County | 47,156 | 640 | 16 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rio Arriba County | 39,955 | 402 | 3 | 134.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luna County | 25,878 | 349 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Cibola County | 26,686 | 231 | 3 | 77.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant County | 27,541 | 227 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Taos County | 34,482 | 227 | 15 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roosevelt County | 18,713 | 216 | 4 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Miguel County | 26,428 | 202 | 8 | 25.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Torrance County | 15,986 | 158 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Los Alamos County | 19,675 | 157 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Socorro County | 15,967 | 153 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Lincoln County | 20,025 | 145 | 10 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Colfax County | 12,307 | 92 | 3 | 30.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Sierra County | 11,389 | 88 | 4 | 22.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Quay County | 8,403 | 64 | 3 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mora County | 4,096 | 35 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Hidalgo County | 3,966 | 33 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Union County | 3,926 | 32 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Guadalupe County | 4,385 | 28 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| De Baca County | 1,657 | 15 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Catron County | 3,795 | 14 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Harding County | 635 | 8 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
10 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 2,669 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital | Las Vegas | San Miguel | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Artesia General Hospital | Artesia | Eddy | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | No |
| Carlsbad Medical Center | Carlsbad | Eddy | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Christus Southern New Mexico | Alamogordo | Otero | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Cibola General Hospital | Grants | Cibola | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital | Hobbs | Lea | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | No |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center | Roswell | Chaves | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Gallup Indian Medical Center | Gallup | Mckinley | Government - Federal | Yes | Designated |
| Gila Regional Medical Center | Silver City | Grant | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Guadalupe County Hospital | Santa Rosa | Guadalupe | Government - Local | Not reported | — |
| Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems | Taos | Taos | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Lincoln County Medical Center | Ruidoso | Lincoln | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Los Alamos Medical Center | Los Alamos | Los Alamos | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell | Roswell | Chaves | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Lovelace Women'S Hospital | Albuquerque | Bernalillo | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Memorial Medical Center | Las Cruces | Dona Ana | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Mimbres Valley Medical Center | Deming | Luna | Proprietary | Yes | No |
| Miners' Colfax Medical Center | Raton | Colfax | Government - State | Not reported | — |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center | Las Cruces | Dona Ana | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Navajo Medical Center | Shiprock | San Juan | Government - Federal | Yes | No |
| Plains Regional Medical Center | Clovis | Curry | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Presbyterian Espanola Hospital | Espanola | Rio Arriba | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Presbyterian Hospital | Albuquerque | Bernalillo | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services | Gallup | Mckinley | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc | Farmington | San Juan | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Santa Fe Phs Indian Hospital | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | Government - Federal | Not reported | — |
| Sierra Vista Hospital | T Or C | Sierra | Government - Local | Not reported | — |
| Socorro General Hospital | Socorro | Socorro | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Union County General Hospital | Clayton | Union | Government - Local | Not reported | — |
| Unm Hospital | Albuquerque | Bernalillo | Government - State | Yes | Designated |
| Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center | Zuni | Mckinley | Government - Federal | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.
A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
Cite this analysis
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Birth Injury Marketing. “New Mexico: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/new-mexico/
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