List of municipalities in New Mexico

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New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km2). [2] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, villages and an incorporated county. [3] New Mexico's municipalities cover only

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All municipalities are granted local government powers including the collection of property tax, funding of fire protection and public transit, providing and maintaining public parks, cemeteries, hospitals, libraries, and museums, building and zoning regulations, and the maintenance of municipal water, sewer, electric, natural gas and solid waste utilities. [4] Municipalities in New Mexico may adopt one of five forms of municipal government including Mayor-Council, Mayor-Council with Manager, Council-Manager, Commission-Manager, or City-County Council-Manager. All municipalities over 10,000 people must elect their representatives by district, with those under 10,000 having option to do so. [5] Citizens in a Mayor-Council form of government elect a mayor (who only votes to break a tie, and does not have veto power), and a council of 4 to 10 councilors or trustees. Any municipality with a population over 1,000 with a Mayor/Council form of government may establish the office of manager who is not elected and administers the hiring and firing of municipal employees, enforces ordinances, prepares the budget, but cannot vote on council. [5] The manager in a Commission/Manager municipality has identical powers to the manager in the Mayor/Council form of government. [5] Mayor-Council system can be changed to a Commission/Manager municipality by popular vote if the population exceeds 3,000. Citizens in a Commission/Manager municipality may also vote on initiatives, referendums and recalls and the mayor has the right to vote on council issues. [5] Only one municipality, Los Alamos, is an incorporated City-County with a Council-Manager system through the Los Alamos County Charter. [6] Municipalities may also adopt a home rule charter which gives local municipalities powers not specifically authorized for municipalities by the state statutes. [5] Twelve municipalities have adopted home rule or a charter in New Mexico. [7]

The largest municipality by population in New Mexico is Albuquerque with 564,559 residents or approximately

List of municipalities

‡  State capital and county seat

†  County seat

§  Home rule or chartered

NameType [2] Government type [7] County(ies) [2] Population
(2020) [1] 		Population
(2010) [2] 		ChangeLand area
(2020) [8] 		Population density
sq mikm2
Alamogordo †CityCommission–Manager § Otero 30,89830,403+1.6%21.3955.4
Albuquerque †CityMayor–Council § Bernalillo 564,559545,852+3.4%187.27485.0
Angel Fire VillageMayor–Council Colfax 1,1921,216−2.0%28.8174.6
Anthony [a] CityMayor–Council Doña Ana 8,6939,360−7.1%2.707.0
Artesia CityMayor–Council Eddy 12,87511,301+13.9%11.3329.3
Aztec †CityCommission–Manager San Juan 6,2016,763−8.3%17.0644.2
Bayard CityMayor–Council Grant 2,1162,328−9.1%0.952.5
Belen CityMayor–Council with Manager Valencia 7,3607,269+1.3%18.9649.1
Bernalillo †TownMayor–Council Sandoval 8,9778,320+7.9%4.8912.7
Bloomfield CityMayor–Council San Juan 7,4218,112−8.5%18.5548.0
Bosque Farms VillageMayor–Council Valencia 4,0203,904+3.0%3.9410.2
Capitan VillageMayor–Council Lincoln 1,3911,489−6.6%3.268.4
Carlsbad †CityMayor–Council with Manager Eddy 32,23826,138+23.3%31.5281.6
Carrizozo †TownMayor–Council Lincoln 972996−2.4%8.3621.7
Causey VillageMayor–Council Roosevelt 68104−34.6%3.759.7
Chama VillageMayor–Council Rio Arriba 9171,022−10.3%2.596.7
Cimarron VillageMayor–Council Colfax 7921,021−22.4%2.125.5
Clayton †TownMayor–Council with Manager Union 2,6432,980−11.3%7.7720.1
Cloudcroft VillageMayor–Council Otero 750674+11.3%1.644.2
Clovis †CityCommission–Manager § Curry 38,56737,775+2.1%23.6361.2
Columbus VillageMayor–Council Luna 1,4421,664−13.3%4.6712.1
Corona VillageMayor–Council Lincoln 129172−25.0%1.032.7
Corrales VillageMayor–Council Sandoval 8,4938,329+2.0%10.7927.9
Cuba VillageMayor–Council Sandoval 628731−14.1%3.268.4
Deming †CityMayor–Council with Manager Luna 14,75814,855−0.7%16.7243.3
Des Moines VillageMayor–Council Union 117143−18.2%0.872.3
Dexter TownMayor–Council Chaves 1,0741,266−15.2%0.731.9
Dora VillageMayor–Council Roosevelt 117133−12.0%2.636.8
Eagle Nest VillageMayor–Council Colfax 315290+8.6%4.4811.6
Edgewood TownCommission-Manager Santa Fe 6,1743,735+65.3%56.80147.1
Elephant Butte CityMayor–Council Sierra 1,4471,431+1.1%4.1810.8
Elida TownMayor–Council Roosevelt 166197−15.7%1.022.6
Encino VillageMayor–Council Torrance 5182−37.8%1.995.2
Española CityMayor–Council with Manager Rio Arriba
Santa Fe 		10,52610,224+3.0%8.2221.3
Estancia †TownMayor–Council Torrance 1,2421,655−25.0%6.1716.0
Eunice CityMayor–Council Lea 3,0562,562+19.3%4.0910.6
Farmington CityMayor–Council with Manager San Juan 46,62445,877+1.6%34.4689.3
Floyd VillageMayor–Council Roosevelt 86133−35.3%3.057.9
Folsom VillageMayor–Council Union 5156−8.9%0.651.7
Fort Sumner †VillageMayor–Council De Baca 8891,031−13.8%3.328.6
Gallup †CityMayor–Council with Manager § McKinley 21,89921,678+1.0%20.1952.3
Grady VillageMayor–Council Curry 86107−19.6%0.270.70
Grants †CityMayor–Council with Manager § Cibola 9,1639,182−0.2%14.9138.6
Grenville VillageMayor–Council Union 2238−42.1%0.380.98
Hagerman TownMayor–Council Chaves 9751,257−22.4%1.363.5
Hatch VillageMayor–Council Doña Ana 1,5391,648−6.6%3.017.8
Hobbs CityCommission–Manager § Lea 40,50834,122+18.7%26.4068.4
Hope VillageMayor–Council Eddy 113105+7.6%1.223.2
House VillageMayor–Council Quay 5668−17.6%0.912.4
Hurley TownMayor–Council Grant 1,2561,297−3.2%1.022.6
Jal CityMayor–Council Lea 2,2022,047+7.6%4.8212.5
Jemez Springs VillageMayor–Council Sandoval 198250−20.8%4.8012.4
Kirtland [b] TownMayor–Council San Juan 585 [11] 1.74.4 [12]
Lake Arthur TownMayor–Council Chaves 378436−13.3%0.531.4
Las Cruces †CityCouncil–Manager § Doña Ana 111,38597,618+14.1%76.93199.2
Las Vegas †CityMayor–Council with Manager § San Miguel 13,16613,753−4.3%7.8220.3
Logan VillageMayor–Council Quay 9701,042−6.9%10.6027.5
Lordsburg †CityMayor–Council Hidalgo 2,3352,797−16.5%8.4321.8
Los Alamos County

City–County
(Council–Manager) §

 Los Alamos 19,41917,950+8.2%109.17282.7
Los Lunas †VillageMayor–Council Valencia 17,24214,835+16.2%18.7348.5
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque VillageMayor–Council Bernalillo 5,8746,024−2.5%4.4511.5
Loving VillageMayor–Council Eddy 1,3901,413−1.6%1.213.1
Lovington †CityCommission–Manager Lea 11,66811,009+6.0%11.2029.0
Magdalena VillageMayor–Council Socorro 806938−14.1%6.2216.1
Maxwell VillageMayor–Council Colfax 224254−11.8%0.471.2
Melrose VillageMayor–Council Curry 622651−4.5%1.694.4
Mesilla TownMayor–Council Doña Ana 1,7972,196−18.2%5.6814.7
Milan VillageMayor–Council Cibola 2,4563,245−24.3%4.3411.2
Moriarty CityMayor–Council Torrance 1,9461,910+1.9%6.9418.0
Mosquero †VillageMayor–Council Harding
San Miguel 		9893+5.4%1.002.6
Mountainair TownMayor–Council Torrance 884928−4.7%1.584.1
Pecos VillageMayor–Council San Miguel 1,3921,3920.0%1.784.6
Peralta [c] TownMayor–Council Valencia 3,3423,660−8.7%4.4411.5
Portales †CityMayor–Council with Manager Roosevelt 12,13712,280−1.2%7.9520.6
Questa VillageMayor–Council Taos 1,7421,770−1.6%5.1113.2
Raton †CityCommission–Manager Colfax 6,0416,885−12.3%7.9620.6
Red River TownMayor–Council Taos 542477+13.6%1.022.6
Reserve †VillageMayor–Council Catron 293289+1.4%0.561.5
Rio Communities [d] [15] CityMayor–Council Valencia 4,9267.720=
Rio Rancho CityMayor–Council with Manager § Bernalillo
Sandoval 		104,02687,521+18.9%103.36267.7
Roswell †CityMayor–Council with Manager Chaves 48,42248,366+0.1%29.7277.0
Roy VillageMayor–Council Harding 193234−17.5%2.045.3
Ruidoso VillageMayor–Council with Manager Lincoln 7,6798,029−4.4%16.1341.8
Ruidoso Downs CityMayor–Council Lincoln 2,6202,815−6.9%3.799.8
San Jon VillageMayor–Council Quay 195216−9.7%2.937.6
San Ysidro VillageMayor–Council Sandoval 166193−14.0%2.346.1
Santa Clara VillageMayor–Council Grant 1,6371,686−2.9%1.995.2
Santa Fe ‡CityMayor–Council with Manager § Santa Fe 87,50567,947+28.8%52.23135.3
Santa Rosa †CityMayor–Council Guadalupe 2,8502,848+0.1%5.0012.9
Silver City †TownMayor–Council with Manager § Grant 9,70410,315−5.9%10.1226.2
Socorro †CityMayor–Council Socorro 8,7079,051−3.8%14.4537.4
Springer TownMayor–Council Colfax 9311,047−11.1%2.205.7
Sunland Park CityMayor–Council Doña Ana 16,70214,106+18.4%13.5835.2
Taos †TownMayor–Council with Manager Taos 6,4745,716+13.3%6.0215.6
Taos Ski Valley VillageMayor–Council Taos 7769+11.6%2.857.4
Tatum TownMayor–Council Lea 706798−11.5%1.594.1
Texico CityMayor–Council Curry 9561,130−15.4%0.832.1
Tijeras VillageMayor–Council Bernalillo 465541−14.0%1.132.9
Truth or Consequences †CityCommission–Manager Sierra 6,0526,475−6.5%28.0072.5
Tucumcari †CityCommission–Manager Quay 5,2785,363−1.6%9.5124.6
Tularosa VillageMayor–Council Otero 2,5532,842−10.2%2.827.3
Vaughn TownMayor–Council Guadalupe 286446−35.9%5.6014.5
Virden VillageMayor–Council Hidalgo 126152−17.1%0.210.54
Wagon Mound VillageMayor–Council Mora 266314−15.3%1.012.6
Willard VillageMayor–Council Torrance 201253−20.6%0.922.4
Williamsburg VillageMayor–Council Sierra 462449+2.9%0.491.3
Total municipalities–––1,446,3661,347,159+7.4%1,275.583,303.7
New Mexico–––2,117,5222,059,179+2.8% [16] 121,298.15314,160.8

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Notes

  1. ↑ The city incorporated on July 1, 2010, and is thus not represented in the 2010 census as a city, but only as a census designated place. The populations and area for the Anthony CDP is included here, but not in the totals. [9]
  2. ↑ The town incorporated on January 6, 2015, and is thus not represented in the 2010 census. [10]
  3. ↑ The town incorporated on July 1, 2007, and is thus not represented in the 2010 census. [13]
  4. ↑ The city incorporated May 16, 2013, and is thus not represented in the 2010 census. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States census . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Forms of Municipal Government in New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Municipal League. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Additional Powers of Any Municipality" (PDF). New Mexico Municipal League. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Municipal League. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ Los Alamos County Code of Ordinance (Order 558, § 1, Part I - Charter, Article I. 101. - Powers of County). June 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "New Mexico Municipal Government" (PDF). New Mexico Municipal League. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Places". 2020 Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ "About Us – City of Anthony". City of Anthony NM. 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Kirtland voters approve town incorporation". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. January 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  11. ↑ Search Results
  12. ↑ Explore Census Data
  13. ↑ "2000-2010 Entity Changes" (txt). 2010 United States census . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  14. ↑ "History of our City". City of Rio Communities. 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  15. ↑ Explore Census Data
  16. ↑ "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF). Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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