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Most sparsely populated, New Mexico cities · 2000

New Mexico cities with the fewest residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 44 cities in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 44 is 903.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01Edgewood, NMNM6,15733–

02Chaparral, NMNM18,186104+103%

03Truth or Consequences, NMNM5,949260+17%

04Eldorado at Santa Fe, NMNM5,619279+151%

05Santa Teresa, NMNM6,041295–

06Bloomfield, NMNM7,335346+23%

07Belen, NMNM7,589363+5%

08Aztec, NMNM6,091374+16%

09Ruidoso, NMNM7,580477+67%

10Los Lunas, NMNM20,572493+67%

11Rio Rancho, NMNM114,419501–

12Zuni Pueblo, NMNM5,864504+8%

13Grants, NMNM8,933593+2%

14Shiprock, NMNM7,610604+6%

15Socorro, NMNM8,261614+9%

16Tucumcari, NMNM5,082630−12%

17Corrales, NMNM8,484680+34%

18Taos, NMNM6,526778+16%

19Carlsbad, NMNM32,524810+3%

20Deming, NMNM14,944845+29%

21Lovington, NMNM11,620845+2%

22White Rock, NMNM5,716856−2%

23Sunland Park, NMNM18,268903+63%

24Raton, NMNM5,952915−1%

25Artesia, NMNM12,735944+1%

26Las Cruces, NMNM116,978965+20%

27Gallup, NMNM19,9691,001+6%

28Silver City, NMNM9,2841,042−1%

29Los Alamos, NMNM13,3171,072+4%

30Hobbs, NMNM40,8631,085−2%

31Farmington, NMNM46,0551,098+11%

32Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NMNM5,7901,144+29%

33Española, NMNM10,4581,178+15%

34Santa Fe, NMNM89,8371,191+11%

35Bernalillo, NMNM9,1591,257+11%

36South Valley, NMNM37,1201,346+9%

37Clovis, NMNM37,1271,383+6%

38Portales, NMNM11,7341,387+4%

39Roswell, NMNM46,8781,524+1%

40Alamogordo, NMNM31,9061,649+29%

41Las Vegas, NMNM12,5741,689−1%

42North Valley, NMNM10,4551,717−5%

43Albuquerque, NMNM556,5882,396+17%

44Anthony, NMNM8,9002,928+55%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS