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