  valencia county is a county located in the u.s. state of new mexico. as of the 2010 census, the population was 76,569. the county seat is los lunas. valencia county is included in the albuquerque, nm metropolitan statistical area. ==history== the county, which was formerly much larger in area, lost almost 81 percent of its territory on june 19, 1981, upon the creation of cibola county, which occupies the westernmost portion of valencia county's former area. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.2%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== * bernalillo county, new mexico - north * torrance county, new mexico - east * socorro county, new mexico - south * cibola county, new mexico - west ===national protected areas=== *cibola national forest (part) *el camino real de tierra adentro national historic trail (part) *manzano wilderness (part) ==demographics==  ===2010=== whereas according to the 2010 u.s. census bureau: *73.2% white *1.4% black *3.8% native american *0.5% asian *0.1% native hawaiian or [[pacific
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