Total Population Estimates for New Mexico Places of 10,000 or More, 1990 and 1999
With Percent Change and Ranks, Sorted by Percent Change
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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

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


*    If two or more areas have identical values, those areas 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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