 placitas is a census-designated place (cdp) in sandoval county, new mexico, united states. as of the 2010 census, its population was 4,977. it is part of the albuquerque metropolitan statistical area. ==geography== placitas is located at  (35.317444, -106.452065). according to the united states census bureau, the cdp has a total area of , all of it land. ==demographics== as of the census{{cite 
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