New Mexico: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of New Mexico's 219 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,788,458 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Albuquerque is the largest place we record in New Mexico, with 564,559 residents. The three largest together hold 42% of the 1,788,458 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 219 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Albuquerque 564,559 2 Las Cruces 101,643 3 Rio Rancho 87,521 4 Enchanted Hills 87,521 5 Santa Fe 87,505 6 Roswell 48,544 7 Farmington 42,871 8 South Valley 40,976 9 Clovis 39,480 10 Hobbs 38,416 11 Alamogordo 30,753 12 Carlsbad 28,957 13 Gallup 23,240 14 Sunland Park 15,940 15 Los Lunas 15,336 16 Chaparral 14,631 17 Deming 14,522 18 Las Vegas 13,386 19 Artesia 12,036 20 Los Alamos 12,019 21 Portales 11,995 22 Lovington 11,800 23 North Valley 11,333 24 Española 10,224 25 Silver City 10,004 26 Anthony 9,293 27 Grants 9,239 28 Bernalillo 8,843 29 Socorro 8,722 30 Corrales 8,502 31 Shiprock 8,295 32 Kirtland 7,875 33 Ruidoso 7,739 34 Bloomfield 7,314 35 Belen 7,152 36 Zuni Pueblo 6,302 37 Raton 6,187 38 Aztec 6,147 39 Eldorado at Santa Fe 6,130 40 Truth or Consequences 6,079 41 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 6,063 42 Lee Acres 5,858 43 Lee Acres 5,858 44 Taos 5,740 45 White Rock 5,725 46 Los Chavez 5,446 47 Tucumcari 5,025 48 Placitas 4,977 49 Rio Communities 4,723 50 Meadow Lake 4,708 51 El Cerro Mission 4,657 52 Santa Teresa 4,258 53 Paradise Hills 4,256 54 University Park 4,192 55 Bosque Farms 3,838 56 La Cienega 3,819 57 Edgewood 3,805 58 Peralta 3,585 59 Milan 3,250 60 Vado 3,194 61 Sandia Heights 3,193 62 Chimayo 3,177 63 Eunice 3,136 64 Holloman Air Force Base 3,054 65 El Cerro 2,953 66 Tularosa 2,864 67 Agua Fria 2,800 68 West Hammond 2,790 69 Clayton 2,774 70 Dulce 2,743 71 Santa Teresa 2,741 72 Santa Rosa 2,675 73 Ruidoso Downs 2,586 74 Lordsburg 2,531 75 Ranchos de Taos 2,518 76 Jarales 2,475 77 Santo Domingo Pueblo 2,456 78 San Felipe Pueblo 2,404 79 Crownpoint 2,278 80 Bayard 2,264 81 Cannon Air Force Base 2,245 82 Jal 2,201 83 Valencia 2,192 84 Flora Vista 2,191 85 San Ysidro 2,090 86 Navajo 2,087 87 Pojoaque 1,907 88 Mesilla 1,874 89 Tome 1,867 90 Thoreau 1,865 91 Nambe 1,818 92 Moriarty 1,806 93 Jemez Pueblo 1,788 94 Arroyo Seco 1,785 95 La Mesilla 1,772 96 Questa 1,753 97 Radium Springs 1,699 98 La Luz 1,697 99 Waterflow 1,670 100 Upper Fruitland 1,662 101 White Sands 1,651 102 Navajo 1,645 103 Boles Acres 1,638 104 Santa Clara 1,638 105 Las Maravillas 1,628 106 Columbus 1,625 107 Hatch 1,600 108 Estancia 1,597 109 Monterey Park 1,567 110 Arenas Valley 1,522 111 McIntosh 1,484 112 Berino 1,441 113 El Valle de Arroyo Seco 1,440 114 Elephant Butte 1,431 115 Loving 1,409 116 Capitan 1,392 117 Mescalero 1,338 118 Pecos 1,324 119 Black Rock 1,323 120 Keeler Farm 1,305 121 Dexter 1,272 122 Spencerville 1,258 123 Hurley 1,256 124 Hagerman 1,254 125 La Huerta 1,246 126 Laguna 1,241 127 Carnuel 1,232 128 Skyline-Ganipa 1,224 129 Doña Ana 1,211 130 Sandia Knolls 1,208 131 El Rancho 1,199 132 Ponderosa Pine 1,195 133 La Puebla 1,186 134 San Miguel 1,153 135 Ohkay Owingeh 1,143 136 Taos Pueblo 1,135 137 Church Rock 1,128 138 Angel Fire 1,122 139 Texico 1,119 140 Mesquite 1,112 141 La Union 1,106 142 Alamo 1,085 143 Atoka 1,077 144 Twin Lakes 1,052 145 Santa Clara Pueblo 1,018 146 Chama 1,004 147 San Antonito 985 148 Midway 971 149 Logan 966 150 Cedar Crest 958 151 La Villita 957 152 Hernandez 946 153 Springer 943 154 Salem 942 155 Carrizozo 941 156 San Rafael 933 157 Fort Sumner 932 158 Dixon 926 159 Tesuque 925 160 Chamberino 919 161 Cimarron 912 162 Magdalena 911 163 Los Luceros 906 164 Indian Hills 892 165 Mountainair 878 166 Chamita 870 167 Tatum 857 168 Cedar Hill 847 169 High Rolls 834 170 Fairacres 824 171 Adelino 823 172 Algodones 814 173 El Rito 808 174 Tohatchi 808 175 San Pablo 806 176 Mesita 804 177 Sedillo 802 178 Pueblitos 794 179 Talpa 778 180 Paraje 777 181 East Pecos 757 182 Cedar Grove 747 183 Zia Pueblo 737 184 Cuba 736 185 La Mesa 728 186 Napi Headquarters 727 187 La Hacienda 725 188 Peña Blanca 709 189 El Duende 707 190 Madrone 707 191 Ojo Amarillo 696 192 San Jose 695 193 Nenahnezad 688 194 Cloudcroft 682 195 Mimbres 667 196 Mora 656 197 Chili 654 198 Melrose 644 199 Tyrone 637 200 Bluewater Village 628
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