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New Mexico cities by the numbers
Among the 23 New Mexico cities listed on this site.
Largest cities
Population
Most affordable rent
Median gross rent
Highest household income
Median household income
Lowest unemployment
Cities with their own BLS rate · 2025 annual average
Fastest growing
Population change, April 2020 to July 2025
Lowest violent crime rate
- 1Los Alamos61 per 100k
- 2Sunland Park280 per 100k
- 3Rio Rancho322 per 100knear US avg
- 4Lovington325 per 100knear US avg
- 5Clovis378 per 100kabove US avg
Cities with their own police data · US average 329 per 100k (2025)
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| Albuquerque | 562k | $1,145 |
| Las Cruces | 114k | $974 |
| Rio Rancho | 109k | $1,514 |
| Santa Fe | 89k | $1,463 |
| Roswell | 48k | $876 |
| Farmington | 46k | $1,037 |
| Hobbs | 40k | $1,112 |
| Clovis | 38k | $988 |
| South Valley | 37k | $954 |
| Carlsbad | 32k | $1,236 |
| Alamogordo | 31k | $902 |
| Gallup | 21k | $927 |
| Los Lunas | 19k | $1,110 |
| Chaparral | 18k | $853 |
| Sunland Park | 17k | $920 |
| Deming | 15k | $586 |
| Los Alamos | 13k | $1,359 |
| Las Vegas | 13k | $792 |
| Artesia | 13k | — |
| Portales | 12k | $903 |
| Lovington | 11k | $1,014 |
| Española | 10k | $829 |
| North Valley | 10k | — |