List of municipalities in New Mexico
List of municipalities
State capital and county seat County seat Home rule or chartered

List of municipalities in New Mexico

Section Title: List of municipalities
Table Section Text: State capital and county seat County seat Home rule or chartered

Name	Type	Government type	County(ies)	Population (2010)	Population (2000)	Change	Land area (2010)	Population density

sq mi	km2

Alamogordo	City	Commission–Manager	Otero	30,403	35,582	−14.6%	21.43	55.5	1,418.7/sq mi (547.8/km2)

Albuquerque	City	Mayor–Council	Bernalillo	545,852	448,607	+21.7%	187.73	486.2	2,907.6/sq mi (1,122.6/km2)

Angel Fire	Village	Mayor–Council	Colfax	1,216	1,048	+16.0%	28.93	74.9	42.0/sq mi (16.2/km2)

Anthony	City	Mayor–Council	Doña Ana	9,360	7,904	+18.4%	3.96	10.3	2,363.6/sq mi (912.6/km2)

Artesia	City	Mayor–Council	Eddy	11,301	10,692	+5.7%	9.92	25.7	1,139.2/sq mi (439.9/km2)

Aztec	City	Commission–Manager	San Juan	6,763	6,378	+6.0%	12.53	32.5	539.7/sq mi (208.4/km2)

Bayard	City	Mayor–Council	Grant	2,328	2,534	−8.1%	0.95	2.5	2,450.5/sq mi (946.2/km2)

Belen	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Valencia	7,269	6,901	+5.3%	8.29	21.5	876.8/sq mi (338.5/km2)

Bernalillo	Town	Mayor–Council	Sandoval	8,320	6,611	+25.9%	4.78	12.4	1,740.6/sq mi (672.0/km2)

Bloomfield	City	Mayor–Council	San Juan	8,112	6,417	+26.4%	7.91	20.5	1,025.5/sq mi (396.0/km2)

Bosque Farms	Village	Mayor–Council	Valencia	3,904	3,931	−0.7%	3.97	10.3	983.4/sq mi (379.7/km2)

Capitan	Village	Mayor–Council	Lincoln	1,489	1,443	+3.2%	3.22	8.3	462.4/sq mi (178.5/km2)

Carlsbad	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Eddy	26,138	25,625	+2.0%	28.94	75.0	903.2/sq mi (348.7/km2)

Carrizozo	Town	Mayor–Council	Lincoln	996	1,036	−3.9%	8.36	21.7	119.1/sq mi (46.0/km2)

Causey	Village	Mayor–Council	Roosevelt	104	52	+100.0%	3.84	9.9	27.1/sq mi (10.5/km2)

Chama	Village	Mayor–Council	Rio Arriba	1,022	1,199	−14.8%	2.67	6.9	382.8/sq mi (147.8/km2)

Cimarron	Village	Mayor–Council	Colfax	1,021	917	+11.3%	2.00	5.2	510.5/sq mi (197.1/km2)

Clayton	Town	Mayor–Council with Manager	Union	2,980	2,524	+18.1%	8.12	21.0	367.0/sq mi (141.7/km2)

Cloudcroft	Village	Mayor–Council	Otero	674	749	−10.0%	1.56	4.0	432.1/sq mi (166.8/km2)

Clovis	City	Commission–Manager	Curry	37,775	32,667	+15.6%	22.71	58.8	1,663.4/sq mi (642.2/km2)

Columbus	Village	Mayor–Council	Luna	1,664	1,765	−5.7%	2.79	7.2	596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2)

Corona	Village	Mayor–Council	Lincoln	172	165	+4.2%	1.04	2.7	165.4/sq mi (63.9/km2)

Corrales	Village	Mayor–Council	Bernalillo Sandoval	8,329	7,334	+13.6%	10.53	27.3	791.0/sq mi (305.4/km2)

Cuba	Village	Mayor–Council	Sandoval	731	590	+23.9%	3.38	8.8	216.3/sq mi (83.5/km2)

Deming	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Luna	14,855	14,116	+5.2%	16.24	42.1	914.7/sq mi (353.2/km2)

Des Moines	Village	Mayor–Council	Union	143	177	−19.2%	1.11	2.9	128.8/sq mi (49.7/km2)

Dexter	Town	Mayor–Council	Chaves	1,266	1,235	+2.5%	0.74	1.9	1,710.8/sq mi (660.5/km2)

Dora	Village	Mayor–Council	Roosevelt	133	130	+2.3%	2.78	7.2	47.8/sq mi (18.5/km2)

Eagle Nest	Village	Mayor–Council	Colfax	290	306	−5.2%	4.22	10.9	68.7/sq mi (26.5/km2)

Edgewood	Town	Mayor–Council	Santa Fe	3,735	1,893	+97.3%	48.70	126.1	76.7/sq mi (29.6/km2)

Elephant Butte	City	Mayor–Council	Sierra	1,431	1,390	+2.9%	4.29	11.1	333.6/sq mi (128.8/km2)

Elida	Town	Mayor–Council	Roosevelt	197	183	+7.7%	0.82	2.1	240.2/sq mi (92.8/km2)

Encino	Village	Mayor–Council	Torrance	82	94	−12.8%	1.99	5.2	41.2/sq mi (15.9/km2)

Espanola	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Rio Arriba Santa Fe	10,224	9,688	+5.5%	7.85	20.3	1,302.4/sq mi (502.9/km2)

Estancia	Town	Mayor–Council	Torrance	1,655	1,584	+4.5%	5.75	14.9	287.8/sq mi (111.1/km2)

Eunice	City	Mayor–Council	Lea	2,922	2,562	+14.1%	3.01	7.8	970.8/sq mi (374.8/km2)

Farmington	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	San Juan	45,877	37,844	+21.2%	31.51	81.6	1,456.0/sq mi (562.1/km2)

Floyd	Village	Mayor–Council	Roosevelt	133	78	+70.5%	3.09	8.0	43.0/sq mi (16.6/km2)

Folsom	Village	Mayor–Council	Union	56	75	−25.3%	0.53	1.4	105.7/sq mi (40.8/km2)

Fort Sumner	Village	Mayor–Council	De Baca	1,031	1,249	−17.5%	3.31	8.6	311.5/sq mi (120.3/km2)

Gallup	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	McKinley	21,678	20,209	+7.3%	18.91	49.0	1,146.4/sq mi (442.6/km2)

Grady	Village	Mayor–Council	Curry	107	98	+9.2%	0.25	0.65	428.0/sq mi (165.3/km2)

Grants	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Cibola	9,182	8,806	+4.3%	14.86	38.5	617.9/sq mi (238.6/km2)

Grenville	Village	Mayor–Council	Union	38	25	+52.0%	0.62	1.6	61.3/sq mi (23.7/km2)

Hagerman	Town	Mayor–Council	Chaves	1,257	1,168	+7.6%	1.38	3.6	910.9/sq mi (351.7/km2)

Hatch	Village	Mayor–Council	Doña Ana	1,648	1,673	−1.5%	2.48	6.4	664.5/sq mi (256.6/km2)

Hobbs	City	Commission–Manager	Lea	34,122	28,657	+19.1%	23.96	62.1	1,424.1/sq mi (549.9/km2)

Hope	Village	Mayor–Council	Eddy	105	107	−1.9%	1.22	3.2	86.1/sq mi (33.2/km2)

House	Village	Mayor–Council	Quay	68	72	−5.6%	0.91	2.4	74.7/sq mi (28.9/km2)

Hurley	Town	Mayor–Council	Grant	1,297	1,464	−11.4%	1.02	2.6	1,271.6/sq mi (491.0/km2)

Jal	City	Mayor–Council	Lea	2,047	1,996	+2.6%	4.59	11.9	446.0/sq mi (172.2/km2)

Jemez Springs	Village	Mayor–Council	Sandoval	250	375	−33.3%	4.75	12.3	52.6/sq mi (20.3/km2)

Kirtland	Town	Mayor–Council	San Juan

Lake Arthur	Town	Mayor–Council	Chaves	436	432	+0.9%	0.55	1.4	792.7/sq mi (306.1/km2)

Las Cruces	City	Council–Manager	Doña Ana	97,618	74,267	+31.4%	76.49	198.1	1,276.2/sq mi (492.8/km2)

Las Vegas	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	San Miguel	13,753	14,565	−5.6%	7.59	19.7	1,812.0/sq mi (699.6/km2)

Logan	Village	Mayor–Council	Quay	1,042	1,094	−4.8%	9.54	24.7	109.2/sq mi (42.2/km2)

Lordsburg	City	Mayor–Council	Hidalgo	2,797	3,379	−17.2%	8.39	21.7	333.4/sq mi (128.7/km2)

Los Alamos	County	City–County (Council–Manager)	Los Alamos	17,950	18,343	−2.1%	109.17	282.7	164.4/sq mi (63.5/km2)

Los Lunas	Village	Mayor–Council	Valencia	14,835	10,034	+47.8%	14.63	37.9	1,014.0/sq mi (391.5/km2)

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Village	Mayor–Council	Bernalillo	6,024	5,092	+18.3%	4.35	11.3	1,384.8/sq mi (534.7/km2)

Loving	Village	Mayor–Council	Eddy	1,413	1,326	+6.6%	1.17	3.0	1,207.7/sq mi (466.3/km2)

Lovington	City	Commission–Manager	Lea	11,009	9,471	+16.2%	4.74	12.3	2,322.6/sq mi (896.8/km2)

Magdalena	Village	Mayor–Council	Socorro	938	913	+2.7%	6.26	16.2	149.8/sq mi (57.9/km2)

Maxwell	Village	Mayor–Council	Colfax	254	274	−7.3%	0.47	1.2	540.4/sq mi (208.7/km2)

Melrose	Village	Mayor–Council	Curry	651	736	−11.5%	1.69	4.4	385.2/sq mi (148.7/km2)

Mesilla	Town	Mayor–Council	Doña Ana	2,196	2,180	+0.7%	6.74	17.5	325.8/sq mi (125.8/km2)

Milan	Village	Mayor–Council	Cibola	3,245	1,891	+71.6%	4.34	11.2	747.7/sq mi (288.7/km2)

Moriarty	City	Mayor–Council	Torrance	1,910	1,765	+8.2%	5.84	15.1	327.1/sq mi (126.3/km2)

Mosquero	Village	Mayor–Council	Harding San Miguel	93	120	−22.5%	1.00	2.6	93.0/sq mi (35.9/km2)

Mountainair	Town	Mayor–Council	Torrance	928	1,116	−16.8%	1.07	2.8	867.3/sq mi (334.9/km2)

Pecos	Village	Mayor–Council	San Miguel	1,392	1,441	−3.4%	1.74	4.5	800.0/sq mi (308.9/km2)

Peralta	Town	Mayor–Council	Valencia	3,660	4.46	11.6	820.6/sq mi (316.8/km2)

Portales	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Roosevelt	12,280	11,131	+10.3%	7.06	18.3	1,739.4/sq mi (671.6/km2)

Questa	Village	Mayor–Council	Taos	1,770	1,864	−5.0%	5.13	13.3	345.0/sq mi (133.2/km2)

Raton	City	Commission–Manager	Colfax	6,885	7,282	−5.5%	7.96	20.6	864.9/sq mi (334.0/km2)

Red River	Town	Mayor–Council	Taos	477	484	−1.4%	1.00	2.6	477.0/sq mi (184.2/km2)

Reserve	Village	Mayor–Council	Catron	289	387	−25.3%	0.55	1.4	525.5/sq mi (202.9/km2)

Rio Communities	City	Mayor–Council	Valencia

Rio Rancho	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Bernalillo Sandoval	87,521	51,765	+69.1%	103.35	267.7	846.8/sq mi (327.0/km2)

Roswell	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Chaves	48,366	45,293	+6.8%	29.86	77.3	1,619.8/sq mi (625.4/km2)

Roy	Village	Mayor–Council	Harding	234	304	−23.0%	2.04	5.3	114.7/sq mi (44.3/km2)

Ruidoso	Village	Mayor–Council with Manager	Lincoln	8,029	7,698	+4.3%	16.12	41.8	498.1/sq mi (192.3/km2)

Ruidoso Downs	City	Mayor–Council	Lincoln	2,815	1,824	+54.3%	3.79	9.8	742.7/sq mi (286.8/km2)

San Jon	Village	Mayor–Council	Quay	216	306	−29.4%	2.57	6.7	84.0/sq mi (32.5/km2)

San Ysidro	Village	Mayor–Council	Sandoval	193	238	−18.9%	2.28	5.9	84.6/sq mi (32.7/km2)

Santa Clara	Village	Mayor–Council	Grant	1,686	1,944	−13.3%	1.28	3.3	1,317.2/sq mi (508.6/km2)

Santa Fe	City	Mayor–Council with Manager	Santa Fe	67,947	62,203	+9.2%	45.98	119.1	1,477.8/sq mi (570.6/km2)

Santa Rosa	City	Mayor–Council	Guadalupe	2,848	2,744	+3.8%	4.97	12.9	573.0/sq mi (221.3/km2)

Silver City	Town	Mayor–Council with Manager	Grant	10,315	10,545	−2.2%	10.13	26.2	1,018.3/sq mi (393.2/km2)

Socorro	City	Mayor–Council	Socorro	9,051	8,877	+2.0%	14.39	37.3	629.0/sq mi (242.8/km2)

Springer	Town	Mayor–Council	Colfax	1,047	1,285	−18.5%	1.47	3.8	712.2/sq mi (275.0/km2)

Sunland Park	City	Mayor–Council	Doña Ana	14,106	13,309	+6.0%	11.40	29.5	1,237.4/sq mi (477.8/km2)

Taos	Town	Mayor–Council with Manager	Taos	5,716	4,700	+21.6%	5.70	14.8	1,002.8/sq mi (387.2/km2)

Taos Ski Valley	Village	Mayor–Council	Taos	69	56	+23.2%	2.34	6.1	29.5/sq mi (11.4/km2)

Tatum	Town	Mayor–Council	Lea	798	683	+16.8%	1.58	4.1	505.1/sq mi (195.0/km2)

Texico	City	Mayor–Council	Curry	1,130	1,065	+6.1%	0.83	2.1	1,361.4/sq mi (525.7/km2)

Tijeras	Village	Mayor–Council	Bernalillo	541	474	+14.1%	1.15	3.0	470.4/sq mi (181.6/km2)

Truth or Consequences	City	Commission–Manager	Sierra	6,475	7,289	−11.2%	27.57	71.4	234.9/sq mi (90.7/km2)

Tucumcari	City	Commission–Manager	Quay	5,363	5,989	−10.5%	9.49	24.6	565.1/sq mi (218.2/km2)

Tularosa	Village	Mayor–Council	Otero	2,842	2,864	−0.8%	2.81	7.3	1,011.4/sq mi (390.5/km2)

Vaughn	Town	Mayor–Council	Guadalupe	446	539	−17.3%	5.60	14.5	79.6/sq mi (30.8/km2)

Virden	Village	Mayor–Council	Hidalgo	152	143	+6.3%	0.22	0.57	690.9/sq mi (266.8/km2)

Wagon Mound	Village	Mayor–Council	Mora	314	369	−14.9%	1.03	2.7	304.9/sq mi (117.7/km2)

Willard	Village	Mayor–Council	Torrance	253	240	+5.4%	0.98	2.5	258.2/sq mi (99.7/km2)

Williamsburg	Village	Mayor–Council	Sierra	449	527	−14.8%	0.48	1.2	935.4/sq mi (361.2/km2)

Total	–	–	–	1,347,159	1,148,631	+17.3%	1,197.83	3,102.4	1,124.7/sq mi (434.2/km2)

Sentence(s)

The largest municipality by land area is Albuquerque which spans 187.73 sq mi (486.2 km²), while Virden is the smallest at 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²).

final_sentence: The largest municipality by land area is Albuquerque which spans 187.73 sq mi (486.2 km²), while Virden is the smallest at 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²).