Total Population Estimates for New Mexico Places, 1990 and 1999
With Percent Change and Rank, Sorted by 1999 Population Estimate
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4/1/90 Numeric Pop. % Chg.
7/1/99 Census Population % Pop. Rank* 1990-99
Population Population Change Change in NM Rank*
City Estimate Base 1990-99 1990-99 1999 in NM
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New Mexico 1,739,844 1,515,069 224,775 14.8 NA NA
Albuquerque 420,578 386,988 33,590 8.7 1 60
Las Cruces 75,786 62,648 13,138 21.0 2 29
Santa Fe 69,299 57,605 11,694 20.3 3 30
Rio Rancho 52,012 32,551 19,461 59.8 4 2
Roswell 47,644 44,480 3,164 7.1 5 63
Farmington 40,599 34,588 6,011 17.4 6 34
Clovis 31,504 31,366 138 0.4 7 83
Alamogordo 28,411 27,986 425 1.5 8 81
Hobbs 26,898 29,445 -2,547 -8.7 9 97
Carlsbad 26,262 25,320 942 3.7 10 74
Gallup 19,977 19,340 637 3.3 11 76
Las Vegas 15,827 14,522 1,305 9.0 12 58
Deming 14,923 11,672 3,251 27.9 13 18
Silver City 12,288 10,984 1,304 11.9 14 51
Artesia 10,998 10,775 223 2.1 15 80
Portales 10,418 10,788 -370 -3.4 16 93
Espanola 9,982 9,295 687 7.4 17 61
Sunland Park 9,880 8,357 1,523 18.2 18 32
Lovington 9,855 9,495 360 3.8 19 72
Grants 9,432 8,669 763 8.8 20 59
Socorro 8,720 8,207 513 6.3 21 66
Los Lunas 8,388 6,135 2,253 36.7 22 9
Belen 7,981 6,555 1,426 21.8 23 27
Raton 7,660 7,566 94 1.2 24 82
Bernalillo 7,484 5,732 1,752 30.6 25 16
Corrales 6,739 5,503 1,236 22.5 26 24
Bloomfield 6,718 5,367 1,351 25.2 27 20
Truth or
Consequences 6,520 6,224 296 4.8 28 70
Ruidoso 6,236 4,636 1,600 34.5 29 12
Aztec 5,940 5,239 701 13.4 30 46
Tucumcari 5,721 6,872 -1,151 -16.7 31 100
Taos 5,440 4,401 1,039 23.6 32 21
Los Ranchos
de Albuquerque 4,809 4,893 -84 -1.7 33 87
Bosque Farms 4,640 3,824 816 21.3 34 28
Tularosa 2,955 2,753 202 7.3 35 62
Lordsburg 2,921 2,981 -60 -2.0 36 89
Bayard 2,851 2,580 271 10.5 37 54
Eunice 2,823 2,700 123 4.6 38 71
Milan 2,668 1,967 701 35.6 39 11
Clayton 2,372 2,514 -142 -5.6 40 96
Santa Rosa 2,244 2,303 -59 -2.6 41 91
Jal 2,230 2,153 77 3.6 42 75
Questa 2,081 1,707 374 21.9 43 25
Santa Clara 1/ 2,055 1,828 227 12.4 44 50
Mesilla 1,945 1,976 -31 -1.6 45 86
Moriarty 1,886 1,420 466 32.8 46 14
Hatch 1,628 1,318 310 23.5 47 22
Hurley 1,535 1,442 93 6.4 48 65
Springer 1,485 1,288 197 15.3 49 42
Carrizozo 1,443 1,075 368 34.2 50 13
Loving 1,442 1,202 240 20.0 51 31
Ruidoso Downs 1,400 917 483 52.7 52 3
Capitan 1,389 840 549 65.4 53 1
Fort Sumner 1,333 1,285 48 3.7 54 73
Mountainair 1,301 926 375 40.5 55 8
Estancia 1,174 800 374 46.8 56 4
Chama 1,158 1,048 110 10.5 57 55
Pecos 1,150 1,012 138 13.6 58 45
Texico 1,128 972 156 16.0 59 37
Cuba 995 750 245 32.7 60 15
Hagerman 979 959 20 2.1 61 79
Columbus 964 669 295 44.1 62 7
Magdalena 941 844 97 11.5 63 52
Dexter 924 900 24 2.7 64 78
Logan 922 804 118 14.7 65 44
Cimarron 893 763 130 17.0 66 36
Tatum 750 708 42 5.9 67 68
Melrose 726 666 60 9.0 68 57
Vaughn 600 633 -33 -5.2 69 95
Cloudcroft 593 612 -19 -3.1 70 92
Williamsburg 564 463 101 21.8 71 26
Tijeras 550 478 72 15.1 72 43
Angel Fire 484 452 32 7.1 73 64
Jemez Springs 441 359 82 22.8 74 23
Red River 437 387 50 12.9 75 48
San Ysidro 437 345 92 26.7 75 19
Reserve 370 319 51 16.0 77 38
Elida 359 322 37 11.5 78 53
Lake Arthur 358 339 19 5.6 79 69
Wagon Mound 334 304 30 9.9 80 56
Roy 317 362 -45 -12.4 81 98
Corona 293 215 78 36.3 82 10
San Jon 292 283 9 3.2 83 77
Willard 266 183 83 45.4 84 6
Maxwell 231 196 35 17.9 85 33
Elephant Butte 223 193 30 15.5 86 40
Eagle Nest 219 187 32 17.1 87 35
Dora 193 171 22 12.9 88 49
Encino 192 131 61 46.6 89 5
Des Moines 168 170 -2 -1.2 90 85
Mosquero 141 164 -23 -14.0 91 99
Floyd 135 117 18 15.4 92 41
Hope 126 98 28 28.6 93 17
Grady 119 105 14 13.3 94 47
Virden 106 108 -2 -1.9 95 88
House 94 96 -2 -2.1 96 90
Taos Ski Valley 69 65 4 6.2 97 67
Causey 66 57 9 15.8 98 39
Folsom 64 64 0 0.0 99 84
Grenville 21 22 -1 -4.5 100 94
Edgewood 2/ -- -- -- -- -- --
* If two or more areas have identical values, those areas will share
the same rank and the next lower rank will be omitted.
1/ Formerly called Central.
2/ Edgewood incorporated on May 4, 1999. Population estimates for Edgewood
are not available for the time series shown in this table.
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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