El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico combined statistical area

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El Paso–Las Cruces, TX–NM
El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico
Combined Statistical Area
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El Paso-Las Cruces, Texas-New Mexico combined statistical area
El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico CSA
Country Flag of United States.svg United States
State Flag of Texas.svg Texas
Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico
Largest city El Paso
Other cities Las Cruces
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

The El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico, combined statistical area consists of two counties in western Texas and one in southern New Mexico. This CSA was defined as part of the United States Office of Management and Budget's 2013 delineations for metropolitan, micropolitan, and combined statistical areas. [1] As of the 2023 United States Census Estimate, the El Paso-Las Cruces CSA had a population of 1,098,541 making it the 56th largest combined statistical area in the United States. [2] The statistical area consists of the metropolitan areas of El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. This CSA has a GDP of about $33 billion and would rank 58th nationally among all CSA or metro areas. [3] The total land area of the El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area is 9,402 sq. mi.

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Counties

Communities

El Paso County

Doña Ana County

Hudspeth County

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doña Ana, New Mexico</span> Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hatch, New Mexico</span> Village in New Mexico, United States

Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2010 census. The town is experiencing moderate growth, along with its outliers of Salem, Arrey, Derry, and Rincon. Hatch is widely known as the "best chile place in the World," for growing a wide variety of peppers, especially the New Mexican cuisine staple, and one of New Mexico's state vegetables, the New Mexico chile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Las Cruces, New Mexico</span> City in New Mexico, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santa Teresa, New Mexico</span> Census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 85 in Texas</span> Highway in Texas

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Paso–Juárez</span> Trans-border agglomeration between US and Mexico

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doña Ana County, New Mexico</span> County in New Mexico, United States

Doña Ana County is a county located in the southern part of the New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 219,561, which makes it the second-most populated county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Las Cruces, the second-most populous municipality in New Mexico after Albuquerque, with 111,385 as of the 2020 U.S. Census.

La Union is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 1,106 as of the 2010 census. NM 182 connects the community to NM 28. It is a part of the El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area.

The Elephant Butte Irrigation District is a 6,870 acres (27.8 km2) historic district in New Mexico and Texas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The listing included three contributing buildings and 214 contributing structures, in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Sierra County, New Mexico and El Paso County, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Central Regional Transit District</span>

The South Central Regional Transit District operates a network of several local and intercity bus routes in southern New Mexico, serving Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Hatch/Garfield, Anthony, and Sunland Park, with three connections to El Paso, Texas, as well as serving many smaller communities along a network of eight fixed routes. Routes operate Monday through Friday, except the Yellow Line servicing Sunland Park, which operates Monday through Saturday. All routes cost $1 for adults, and $0.50 for children, seniors, students, and people with disabilities. Bus transfers between SCRTD buses are free. The service is supported primarily by federal grants and local funding from membership fees and Doña Ana County funding agreement for services.

References

  1. "Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (OMB Bulletin 23-01)" (CSV). 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. "USA: Combined Metropolitan Areas". CityPopulation.de. August 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  3. "– Bureau of Economic Analysis – U.S. Department of Commerce (February 28, 2013)". Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.

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