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Dentists and orthodontists in Cibola County, NM

How Cibola County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,011 of 1,886 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
8
2 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,033 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,807
−0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,033 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Cibola County spend about $8.8M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.1M per practice, 12% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Cibola County has 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Cibola County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 2,834 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cibola County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Cibola County is 48 (lower middle), #1,011 of 1,886 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in New Mexico.

How Cibola County compares

The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dentists and orthodontists in Cibola County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureCibola CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.410.413.1
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$984K
Households per official establishment2,8341,224952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.2%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,033$1,178$1,288
Median household income$50,759$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4851

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$656K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
82 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Cibola County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Cibola County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,807−0.6% since 2020
Households
8,503
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,540 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$50,759+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,355
Median home value
$125,400
Jobs located here
6,233
Daytime population
26,630Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Cibola County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Otero County, NM7893.7$3M+3.7%#90 of 1,886
2Eddy County, NM74145.9$2.1M+0.3%#169 of 1,886
3Valencia County, NM69228.0$1.4M+7.2%#297 of 1,886
4Rio Arriba County, NM6353.2$3.5M−1.0%#449 of 1,886
5Sandoval County, NM63488.4$1.6M+6.9%#471 of 1,886
6Lincoln County, NM6166.0$1.8M−2.3%#525 of 1,886
7Taos County, NM59127.7$1.5M+0.3%#613 of 1,886
8Lea County, NM58239.3$1.3M+0.2%#656 of 1,886
9Doña Ana County, NM56748.7$1.3M+4.1%#724 of 1,886
10Grant County, NM5476.2$1.7M−3.4%#776 of 1,886
14Cibola County, NM4889.4$1.1M−0.6%#1,011 of 1,886

Other business types in Cibola County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Cibola County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dentists and orthodontists in Cibola County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Cibola County, NM spend on medical and dental services?

About $8.8M a year, or $1,033 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,503 households in Cibola County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cibola County, NM compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Cibola County has 9.4 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Cibola County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,834 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Cibola County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Cibola County at 26,807 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,503 households. Median household income in Cibola County is $50,759, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Cibola County scores 48 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,011 of 1,886 scored counties.

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