Who is the Doña Ana County District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District?

Fernando R. Macias (Democratic) is the District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Who is the Doña Ana County County Assessor?

Eugenia (Gina) Montoya Ortega (Democratic) is the County Assessor of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Doña Ana County County Clerk?

Amanda Lopez Askin (Democratic) is the County Clerk of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Who is the Doña Ana County Probate Judge?

Judith Ann Baca (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Doña Ana County Sheriff?

Kim Kristine Stewart (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Doña Ana County County Treasurer?

Marisol Richardson (Democratic) is the County Treasurer of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Who are the Doña Ana County commissioners?

Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez (District 1); Gloria Gameros (District 2); Shannon Dale Reynolds (District 3); Irma Susana Chaparro (District 4); Manuel A. Sanchez (District 5).

What is the population of Doña Ana County?

About 224,266 people, with a median age of 34.3; the median household income is $56,848 and 21.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Doña Ana County?

5.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 5,396 people unemployed in a labor force of 104,828, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Doña Ana County?

39 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 5 municipal, 3 school district and 30 special district governments.

Doña Ana County, NM elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Doña Ana County: 11 seats on 7 elected bodies. 5 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Gloria Gameros Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 3	Shannon Dale Reynolds Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 4	Irma Susana Chaparro Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 5	Manuel A. Sanchez Democratic source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District	Fernando R. Macias Democratic source
County Assessor	Eugenia (Gina) Montoya Ortega Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Clerk	Amanda Lopez Askin Democratic source
Probate Judge	Judith Ann Baca Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Kim Kristine Stewart Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Treasurer	Marisol Richardson Democratic source

How many local governments Doña Ana County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 39 local governments in Doña Ana County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	5	0
School districts (school boards)	3	0
Special districts (elected boards)	30	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Doña Ana County

224,266people

34.3median ageU.S.: 38.9

$56,848 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

21.3%below the U.S.: 12.5%

31.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$220,800median home valueU.S.: $332,700

6.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

14.7%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.4%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

11.3%U.S.: 8.4%

54.4%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

29.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 67.9% · White 26.7% · Black 1.4% · Asian 1.1% · Other or more than one race 2.9% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Doña Ana County

5.1%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.4%. New Mexico: 4.8%.

5,396people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

99,432people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

104,828in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	5.1%	5,396	99,432	104,828
August 2026	5.3%	5,530	99,334	104,864
July 2026	6.2%	6,459	97,665	104,124
June 2026	5.7%	5,983	98,155	104,138
May 2026	5.3%	5,546	99,252	104,798
April 2026	5.4%	5,670	98,471	104,141
March 2026	5.2%	5,492	99,358	104,850
February 2026	6.0%	6,318	99,042	105,360
January 2026	5.9%	6,172	98,501	104,673
December 2025	4.8%	5,102	100,795	105,897
November 2025	5.3%	5,682	100,748	106,430
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.4%	4,645	99,958	104,603
August 2025	4.6%	4,802	99,234	104,036
July 2025	5.8%	5,998	97,631	103,629
June 2025	5.3%	5,525	98,737	104,262
May 2025	4.6%	4,870	100,010	104,880
April 2025	4.5%	4,697	100,304	105,001
March 2025	4.8%	4,984	99,267	104,251
February 2025	5.0%	5,284	99,479	104,763
January 2025	5.0%	5,243	99,369	104,612
December 2024	4.3%	4,481	99,506	103,987
November 2024	4.7%	4,875	99,212	104,087
October 2024	4.4%	4,573	99,001	103,574

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.9%	5,167	99,594	104,761
2024	4.9%	4,979	97,558	102,537
2023	4.3%	4,358	95,951	100,309
2022	4.6%	4,447	92,668	97,115
2021	7.1%	6,801	89,577	96,378
2020	8.0%	7,527	87,092	94,619
2019	5.9%	5,712	90,589	96,301
2018	5.8%	5,515	89,591	95,106
2017	6.9%	6,531	87,679	94,210
2016	7.4%	6,991	87,557	94,548

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. New Mexico's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.7% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Doña Ana County

515.6 per 100,0002022. New Mexico: 776.8.

3,375.9 per 100,0002022. New Mexico: 2,976.2.

14murders2022, 1,150 violent crimes in all.

2022 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2022	1,150	515.6	7,529	3,375.9
2019	762	349.3	4,475	2,051.1

By police agency (6)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Las Cruces Police Department	2025	584	4,314	118,356
Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office	2025	279	879	81,588
Sunland Park Police Department	2025	51	110	18,549
Anthony Police Department	2023	18	40	8,603
Mesilla Police Department	2022	2	25	1,788
Hatch Police Department	2025	2	14	1,601

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in New Mexico · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.68 per 1,000 residents2022, 6 agencies serving 223,022 people.

374sworn officers2022, full-time, as of October 31.

133civilian staff2022, full-time.

2022 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (6), 2022

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Las Cruces Police Department	186	70	114,102
Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office	134	57	79,506
Sunland Park Police Department	25	2	17,441
Anthony Police Department	13	1	8,631
Hatch Police Department	9	1	1,554
Mesilla Police Department	7	2	1,788

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Doña Ana County District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District?: Fernando R. Macias (Democratic) is the District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
Who is the Doña Ana County County Assessor?: Eugenia (Gina) Montoya Ortega (Democratic) is the County Assessor of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Doña Ana County County Clerk?: Amanda Lopez Askin (Democratic) is the County Clerk of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
Who is the Doña Ana County Probate Judge?: Judith Ann Baca (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Doña Ana County Sheriff?: Kim Kristine Stewart (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Doña Ana County County Treasurer?: Marisol Richardson (Democratic) is the County Treasurer of Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
Who are the Doña Ana County commissioners?: Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez (District 1); Gloria Gameros (District 2); Shannon Dale Reynolds (District 3); Irma Susana Chaparro (District 4); Manuel A. Sanchez (District 5).
What is the population of Doña Ana County?: About 224,266 people, with a median age of 34.3; the median household income is $56,848 and 21.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Doña Ana County?: 5.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 5,396 people unemployed in a labor force of 104,828, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Doña Ana County?: 39 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 5 municipal, 3 school district and 30 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Secretary of State's official results of each seat's last general election (November 2022 or November 2024, electionresults.sos.nm.gov and the certified canvass in the elections database at electionstats.sos.nm.gov); officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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