What is the biggest city in New Mexico?

Albuquerque is the biggest city in New Mexico, with a population of 558,523 in 2023.

What is the fastest growing city in New Mexico?

Bernalillo is the fastest growing city in New Mexico over the past 3 years, having grown 4.8% annually since 2020.

How many cities are in New Mexico?

There are 105 cities in New Mexico.

What are the 10 largest cities in New Mexico?

The 10 largest cities in New Mexico are: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Roswell, Farmington, Hobbs, Clovis, Alamogordo and Carlsbad.

New Mexico Cities by Population (2023)

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City	Rank	2023 Population	2020 Census	Annual Change	Density (mi²)	Area (mi²)
Albuquerque	1	558,523	564,648	-0.36%	2,983	187.22
Las Cruces	2	115,303	111,738	1.05%	1,499	76.93
Rio Rancho	3	109,060	104,257	1.51%	1,055	103.42
Santa Fe	4	89,220	87,684	0.58%	1,708	52.23
Roswell	5	47,174	48,541	-0.95%	1,587	29.72
Farmington	6	46,076	46,596	-0.37%	1,337	34.46
Hobbs	7	38,086	40,618	-2.12%	1,443	26.40
Clovis	8	37,481	38,244	-0.67%	1,587	23.61
Alamogordo	9	32,242	31,361	0.93%	1,507	21.39
Carlsbad	10	31,180	32,248	-1.12%	999	31.21
Gallup	11	20,965	21,765	-1.24%	1,049	19.99
Los Lunas	12	18,885	17,370	2.83%	1,008	18.73
Sunland Park	13	17,767	16,807	1.87%	1,365	13.02
Deming	14	14,931	14,787	0.32%	894	16.70
Las Vegas	15	13,145	13,163	-0.05%	1,680	7.82
Portales	16	11,909	12,109	-0.55%	1,499	7.94
Artesia	17	11,721	12,844	-3%	1,067	10.98
Lovington	18	10,938	11,678	-2.16%	963	11.36
Bernalillo	19	10,456	9,084	4.8%	2,140	4.89
Espanola	20	10,433	10,514	-0.26%	1,338	7.79
Silver City	21	9,360	9,689	-1.14%	925	10.12
Grants	22	9,228	9,141	0.32%	619	14.91
Corrales	23	8,720	8,517	0.79%	809	10.78
Anthony	24	8,596	8,701	-0.41%	3,184	2.70
Socorro	25	8,150	8,549	-1.58%	564	14.45
Ruidoso	26	7,924	7,693	0.99%	493	16.08
Belen	27	7,497	7,386	0.5%	396	18.95
Bloomfield	28	7,299	7,407	-0.49%	394	18.55
Taos	29	6,631	6,577	0.27%	1,104	6.01
Aztec	30	6,097	6,196	-0.54%	484	12.61
Edgewood	31	6,096	6,183	-0.47%	107	56.80
Raton	32	6,079	6,031	0.26%	764	7.96
Truth or Consequences	33	6,058	6,064	-0.03%	216	28
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	34	5,836	5,881	-0.26%	1,311	4.45
Tucumcari	35	5,118	5,252	-0.85%	538	9.51
Rio Communities	36	5,001	4,965	0.24%	650	7.69
Bosque Farms	37	4,122	4,053	0.56%	1,048	3.94
Peralta	38	3,458	3,380	0.76%	778	4.44
Eunice	39	2,866	3,065	-2.22%	727	3.94
Santa Rosa	40	2,846	2,846		569	5
Clayton	41	2,803	2,731	0.86%	360	7.78
Tularosa	42	2,692	2,610	1.05%	955	2.82
Ruidoso Downs	43	2,680	2,632	0.6%	707	3.79
Milan	44	2,585	2,531	0.7%	596	4.34
Lordsburg	45	2,186	2,318	-1.93%	259	8.43
Jal	46	2,052	2,196	-2.24%	425	4.82
Bayard	47	2,044	2,124	-1.26%	2,149	0.95
Moriarty	48	2,006	1,908	1.67%	289	6.93
Mesilla	49	1,780	1,804	-0.45%	322	5.53
Questa	50	1,757	1,724	0.63%	344	5.11
Santa Clara	51	1,570	1,624	-1.13%	1,149	1.37
Hatch	52	1,556	1,550	0.13%	492	3.16
Estancia	53	1,529	1,487	0.92%	248	6.17
Columbus	54	1,475	1,451	0.55%	316	4.67
Capitan	55	1,423	1,396	0.64%	437	3.26
Elephant Butte	56	1,417	1,432	-0.35%	339	4.18
Pecos	57	1,389	1,377	0.29%	796	1.75
Loving	58	1,244	1,386	-3.57%	1,062	1.17
Angel Fire	59	1,217	1,211	0.17%	42	28.80
Hurley	60	1,217	1,262	-1.22%	1,193	1.02
Dexter	61	1,058	1,079	-0.66%	1,451	0.73
Carrizozo	62	980	968	0.41%	117	8.36
Hagerman	63	970	982	-0.41%	715	1.36
Logan	64	962	974	-0.41%	91	10.60
Springer	65	948	939	0.32%	430	2.20
Texico	66	923	938	-0.54%	1,113	0.83
Mountainair	67	911	869	1.56%	576	1.58
Chama	68	908	914	-0.22%	340	2.67
Fort Sumner	69	880	877	0.11%	265	3.31
Cimarron	70	820	802	0.74%	408	2.01
Cloudcroft	71	795	768	1.15%	487	1.63
Magdalena	72	782	821	-1.64%	126	6.22
Tatum	73	670	711	-1.9%	423	1.58
Cuba	74	645	630	0.78%	198	3.26
Melrose	75	603	612	-0.5%	357	1.69
Kirtland	76	577	580	-0.17%	335	1.72
Red River	77	543	537	0.37%	535	1.01
Tijeras	78	465	465		411	1.13
Williamsburg	79	452	461	-0.66%	930	0.49
Lake Arthur	80	379	382	-0.26%	712	0.53
Eagle Nest	81	331	328	0.3%	76	4.37
Reserve	82	324	290	3.85%	582	0.56
Vaughn	83	279	282	-0.36%	50	5.60
Wagon Mound	84	267	264	0.38%	264	1.01
Maxwell	85	236	230	0.85%	498	0.47
Willard	86	216	201	2.37%	234	0.92
Jemez Springs	87	197	197		41	4.80
San Jon	88	195	195		67	2.93
Roy	89	176	194	-3.3%	86	2.04
San Ysidro	90	166	166		71	2.34
Elida	91	154	160	-1.28%	151	1.02
Corona	92	130	130		127	1.03
Virden	93	119	125	-1.65%	564	0.21
Des Moines	94	115	109	1.77%	132	0.87
Dora	95	114	117	-0.87%	41	2.77
Hope	96	102	114	-3.77%	83	1.22
Mosquero	97	88	100	-4.35%	88	1
Floyd	98	85	85		27	3.09
Grady	99	85	88	-1.16%	320	0.27
Taos Ski Valley	100	79	79		28	2.85
Causey	101	66	69	-1.49%	18	3.75
Encino	102	57	51	3.64%	29	1.99
House	103	55	55		60	0.91
Folsom	104	43	43		66	0.65
Grenville	105	25	22	4.17%	66	0.38

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With a population of just over 2 million, New Mexico is ranked 36 in terms of population in the United States. Albuquerque is the most populous city in the state with a population count of over 559,000 according to 2017 estimates. Las Cruces is the only other city in New Mexico with a population that exceeds 100,000. There is a total of 18 cities that have populations between 10,000 and 100,000, including the state capital Santa Fe, which is ranked 4th in the state with 84,099 inhabitants.

Municipalities in New Mexico are designated as cities, towns and villages. These incorporated areas are spread across 33 different counties. The smallest city in New Mexico by population is Texico, which is located in Curry County. It has an estimated population of 1,130 residents.

New Mexico Cities by Population (2023)

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