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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in New Mexico?

108,308homes in New Mexico heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

22 of 33 New Mexico counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 18% of their 617,746 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. That is 13.1% of all 825,021 New Mexico homes. Rank 30 of 35 by count, 27 by share. Bernalillo County holds the most: 55,481 electric-heated homes at 4,800 heating degree days.

Where New Mexico sits among the states

Share of homes that heat with electricity in cold counties, by state, one tile per stateAlaska: no data in this seriesAKMaine: 10.1% of homesMEVermont: 8.1% of homesVTNew Hampshire: 10.7% of homesNHWashington: 57.7% of homesWAIdaho: 35.0% of homesIDMontana: 26.6% of homesMTNorth Dakota: 39.9% of homesNDMinnesota: 18.8% of homesMNIllinois: 18.2% of homesILWisconsin: 17.3% of homesWIMichigan: 11.6% of homesMINew York: 14.4% of homesNYRhode Island: 12.1% of homesRIMassachusetts: 17.9% of homesMAOregon: 53.1% of homesORNevada: 8.7% of homesNVWyoming: 23.3% of homesWYSouth Dakota: 32.6% of homesSDIowa: 24.3% of homesIAIndiana: 30.7% of homesINOhio: 25.6% of homesOHPennsylvania: 24.8% of homesPANew Jersey: 15.6% of homesNJConnecticut: no data in this seriesCTCalifornia: 2.0% of homesCAUtah: 16.4% of homesUTColorado: 25.2% of homesCONebraska: 31.2% of homesNEMissouri: 37.0% of homesMOKentucky: 49.5% of homesKYWest Virginia: 45.5% of homesWVVirginia: 32.2% of homesVAMaryland: 42.6% of homesMDDelaware: 37.0% of homesDEArizona: 0.9% of homesAZNew Mexico: 13.1% of homesNMKansas: 26.5% of homesKSArkansas: 1.9% of homesARTennessee: 9.9% of homesTNNorth Carolina: 5.6% of homesNCSouth Carolina: 0.0% of homesSCDistrict of Columbia: no data in this seriesDCOklahoma: 0.5% of homesOKLouisiana: 0.0% of homesLAMississippi: 0.0% of homesMSAlabama: 0.0% of homesALGeorgia: 0.4% of homesGAHawaii: no data in this seriesHITexas: 0.1% of homesTXFlorida: 0.0% of homesFL

Darker is a larger share. New Mexico is outlined.

New Mexico: cold counties and electric heat

New Mexico cold counties, electric heating
Bernalillo County283,60919.655,4814,800-5%51.2
Santa Fe County69,34817.512,1155,864-4%11.2
Curry County18,47151.69,5334,055-8%8.8
Sandoval County55,74112.97,1665,750-5%6.6
San Juan County41,05311.04,5355,506-5%4.2
Grant County11,06933.93,7474,000-8%3.5
Valencia County26,78212.13,2534,349-5%3.0
McKinley County21,0888.71,8436,018-4%1.7
San Miguel County11,92414.11,6804,888-4%1.6
Taos County14,45910.41,5067,836-4%1.4
Lincoln County9,37614.91,4004,344-6%1.3
Los Alamos County8,21114.81,2176,560-5%1.1
Rio Arriba County14,9808.01,2057,077-5%1.1
Cibola County8,35311.99905,955-3%0.9
Torrance County5,77413.07515,388-5%0.7
Colfax County5,41312.16566,437-2%0.6
Socorro County5,22211.86164,510-5%0.6
Guadalupe County1,45117.82584,329-6%0.2
Catron County1,6459.51576,001-5%0.1
Union County1,5048.61295,235-2%0.1

Largest 20 of 22 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. The 2 smaller cold counties are in the CSV. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Curry County, hold 71% of the 108,308 electric-heated homes in New Mexico cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Curry County at 52%. In the 11 milder New Mexico counties the share is 40%, against 18% in the cold ones. The coldest, Taos County, averages 7,836 heating degree days; New Mexico as a whole averages 4,702 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, New Mexico cold counties, 12 largest

  • Bernalillo County55,481
  • Santa Fe County12,115
  • Curry County9,533
  • Sandoval County7,166
  • San Juan County4,535
  • Grant County3,747
  • Valencia County3,253
  • McKinley County1,843
  • San Miguel County1,680
  • Taos County1,506
  • Lincoln County1,400
  • Los Alamos County1,217

New Mexico: the 10 coldest counties

Taos County is coldest at 7,836 heating degree days with 10% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 26,890 electric-heated homes.

New Mexico 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Taos County14,45910.47,8367,493
Rio Arriba County14,9808.07,0776,757
Los Alamos County8,21114.86,5606,217
Colfax County5,41312.16,4376,288
Mora County1,9911.86,2385,913
McKinley County21,0888.76,0185,793
Catron County1,6459.56,0015,697
Cibola County8,35311.95,9555,782
Santa Fe County69,34817.55,8645,608
Sandoval County55,74112.95,7505,456

New Mexico: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Roosevelt County is highest at 61% and Doña Ana County is 10th at 31%.

New Mexico 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Roosevelt County7,21160.83,7663,525
Eddy County23,24554.12,8262,623
Curry County18,47151.64,0553,749
Chaves County23,60551.03,4033,079
Lea County24,56850.93,1372,950
Luna County9,08246.53,0412,793
Quay County4,10238.53,9743,751
Sierra County5,41938.03,6573,409
Grant County11,06933.94,0003,689
Doña Ana County83,53031.42,9342,667

Winter disconnections and price in New Mexico

New Mexico utilities logged 0.46 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.51 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 15.08 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 151 dollars in New Mexico.

New Mexico in the ranking

Montana is 28th with 120,498 homes (26.6% of its homes). South Dakota is 29th with 117,036 homes (32.6% of its homes). Nevada is 31st with 102,403 homes (8.7% of its homes). Maine is 32nd with 59,234 homes (10.1% of its homes).

New Mexico beside 3 neighbors

New Mexico neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
Arizona26,0470.9%1,788
Colorado586,73325.2%6,674
Utah180,09216.4%6,521

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How many New Mexico homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

108,308 homes, 13.1% of 825,021 occupied New Mexico homes, in 22 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

Which New Mexico county has the most electric-heated homes among its cold counties?

Bernalillo County, with 55,481 of its 283,609 homes (20%) at 4,800 normal heating degree days.

Which New Mexico county is the coldest, and how many of its homes heat with electricity?

Taos County, at 7,836 normal heating degree days: 1,506 of 14,459 homes (10%).

How far did the last decade run from the New Mexico normal?

New Mexico cold counties averaged 4.9% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_new_mexico,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {New Mexico winter exposure: 108,308 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/new-mexico.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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