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Micropolitan areas of New Mexico.

The State of New Mexico has a total of fifteen micropolitan areas. As of the 2000 Census, these counties had a combined population of 589,371 (32.4% of the state's total population). Based on a July 1, 2009 population estimate, that figure had increased to 597,079 (29.7% of the state's total population). [1]

Micropolitan areas

1 - part of the Clovis-Portales combined statistical area
2 - part of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas combined statistical area

Population statistics

Micropolitan Statistical Area July 1, 2009
Estimate
2000
Population
Percent
Change
(2000–2009)
Alamogordo 63,201 62,298 1.45%
Carlsbad-Artesia 52,706 51,658 –2.03%
Clovis 44,407 45,044 –1.41%
Deming 27,044 25,016 8.11%
Espanola 40,678 41,190 –1.24%
Gallup 70,513 74,798 –5.73%
Grants 27,036 25,595 5.63%
Hobbs 60,232 55,511 8.50%
Las Vegas 28,323 30,126 –5.98%
Los Alamos 18,074 18,343 –1.47%
Portales 18,817 18,018 4.43%
Roswell 63,322 61,382 3.65%
Ruidoso 21,016 19,411 8.27%
Silver City 29,903 31,002 –3.54%
Taos 31,507 29,979 5.10%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of New Mexico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" ( CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.