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Sandoval County, NM

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Sandoval County, New Mexico, a core county of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM market, holds $1.5B in deposits across 10 insured institutions and 16 branches. Wells Fargo Bank is the largest deposit holder at 31.5% share. The top three banks hold 67% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 7.5% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 5.9%. It produced $4.8B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #609 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$4.8B
#609 of 1,523
Population
159,565
#439 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$30,302
#1,214 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$1.5B
#779 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$9,217
#1,437 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$92M
#750 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
10
#714 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
10.0
#1,453 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$100M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #916 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
24.2%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,387 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
67%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)+7.5% over 5 years
$1.4B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.4B
2024
$1.5B
2025
$1.5B
2026

Branches: 17 in 2021 to 16 in 2026. Institutions: 10 to 10. Top-three share: 67% to 67%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Wells Fargo Bank$464M31.5%3+23%
U.S. Bank$309M21.0%2-6%
Bank of America$212M14.4%1-2%
UMB Bank$172M11.7%2-17%
BOKF$115M7.8%1+16%
PNC Bank$86M5.8%2+39%
WaFd Bank$53M3.6%1+470%
BMO Bank$44M3.0%1-13%
First American Bank$8M0.6%1-38%
First National Bank Texas$8M0.6%2+12%

The 10 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos market

Sandoval County is one of 9 counties that make up the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #60 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 7.6% of the market’s output and holds 5.5% of its deposits.

MeasureSandoval CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$4.8B7.6%
Deposits$1.5B5.5%
Population159,56513.6%

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