Total Population Estimates for New Mexico Places of 10,000 or More, 1990 and 1999
With Percent Change and Ranks, Sorted Alphabetically
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                                4/1/90      Numeric               Pop.     % Chg.     U.S.
                   7/1/99       Census   Population   % Pop.     Rank*    1990-99     Size
               Population   Population       Change   Change     in NM      Rank*    Rank*
City             Estimate         Base      1990-99  1990-99      1999     in NM      1999
-----------   -----------   ----------   ----------  -------     -----    -------   ------
New Mexico      1,739,844    1,515,069      224,775     14.8       NA         NA       NA

Alamogordo         28,411       27,986          425      1.5        8         13    1,067
Albuquerque       420,578      386,988       33,590      8.7        1          8       36
Artesia            10,998       10,775          223      2.1       15         12    2,461
Carlsbad           26,262       25,320          942      3.7       10         10    1,160
Clovis             31,504       31,366          138      0.4        7         14      971
Deming             14,923       11,672        3,251     27.9       13          2    1,933
Farmington         40,599       34,588        6,011     17.4        6          5      744
Gallup             19,977       19,340          637      3.3       11         11    1,499
Hobbs              26,898       29,445       -2,547     -8.7        9         16    1,133
Las Cruces         75,786       62,648       13,138     21.0        2          3      332
Las Vegas          15,827       14,522        1,305      9.0       12          7    1,843
Portales           10,418       10,788         -370     -3.4       16         15    2,557
Rio Rancho         52,012       32,551       19,461     59.8        4          1      557
Roswell            47,644       44,480        3,164      7.1        5          9      623
Santa Fe           69,299       57,605       11,694     20.3        3          4      373
Silver City        12,288       10,984        1,304     11.9       14          6    2,245


*    If two or more counties have identical values, those counties will share
     the same rank and the next lower rank will be omitted.

Note:  These percent change ranks are among New Mexico places of 10,000 or more only.
For percent change ranks among all New Mexico places, see other tables on this web site.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Division,
Population Estimates Program.  Released Oct. 20, 2000.

Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.

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