New Mexico statistical areas

The U.S. State of New Mexico currently has 19 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 13 micropolitan statistical areas in New Mexico.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA, comprising the area around New Mexico's largest city of Albuquerque as well as its capital, Santa Fe.

Background

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

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The 19 United States statistical areas and 33 counties of the State of New Mexico[a]

Combined statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] County 2023 population (est.)[3]
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA 1,168,363 Albuquerque, NM MSA 922,296 Bernalillo County, New Mexico 671,586
Sandoval County, New Mexico 155,936
Valencia County, New Mexico 79,141
Torrance County, New Mexico 15,633
Santa Fe, NM MSA 155,956 Santa Fe County, New Mexico 155,956
Española, NM μSA 39,876 Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 39,876
Las Vegas, NM μSA 30,791 San Miguel County, New Mexico 26,668
Mora County, New Mexico 4,123
Los Alamos, NM μSA 19,444 Los Alamos County, New Mexico 19,444
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541
225,210 (NM)
El Paso, TX CSA 873,331 El Paso County, Texas 869,880
Hudspeth County, Texas 3,451
Las Cruces, NM MSA 225,210 Doña Ana County, New Mexico 225,210
none Farmington, NM MSA 120,675 San Juan County, New Mexico 120,675
Hobbs, NM μSA 72,101 Lea County, New Mexico 72,101
Alamogordo, NM μSA 68,835 Otero County, New Mexico 68,835
Gallup, NM μSA 68,797 McKinley County, New Mexico 68,797
Clovis, NM μSA 66,009 Curry County, New Mexico 47,222
Roosevelt County, New Mexico 18,787
Roswell, NM μSA 63,561 Chaves County, New Mexico 63,561
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM μSA 60,275 Eddy County, New Mexico 60,275
Taos, NM μSA 34,405 Taos County, New Mexico 34,405
Silver City, NM μSA 27,472 Grant County, New Mexico 27,472
Deming, NM μSA 26,780 Luna County, New Mexico 26,780
Ruidoso, NM μSA 20,029 Lincoln County, New Mexico 20,029
none Cibola County, New Mexico 26,780
Socorro County, New Mexico 15,963
Colfax County, New Mexico 12,255
Sierra County, New Mexico 11,488
Quay County, New Mexico 8,510
Guadalupe County, New Mexico 4,292
Hidalgo County, New Mexico 3,965
Union County, New Mexico 3,964
Catron County, New Mexico 3,825
De Baca County, New Mexico 1,657
Harding County, New Mexico 624
State of New Mexico 2,114,371

Primary statistical areas

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Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 19 statistical areas of New Mexico, 13 are PSAs comprising two combined statistical areas, one metropolitan statistical area and ten micropolitan statistical areas.

The 13 primary statistical areas of the State of New Mexico[b]

2020 rank Primary statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA 1,168,363 0.50% 1,162,523 3.45% 1,123,717
2 El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA (NM) 225,210 2.57% 219,561 4.94% 209,233
3 Farmington, NM MSA 120,675 −0.81% 121,661 −6.45% 130,044
4 Hobbs, NM μSA 72,101 −3.16% 74,455 15.03% 64,727
5 Gallup, NM μSA 68,797 −5.63% 72,902 1.97% 71,492
6 Alamogordos, NM μSA 68,835 1.47% 67,839 6.34% 63,797
7 Clovis, NM μSA 66,009 −2.38% 67,621 −0.88% 68,222
8 Roswell, NM μSA 63,561 −2.45% 65,157 −0.74% 65,645
9 Carlsbad-Artesia, NM μSA 60,275 −3.27% 62,314 15.76% 53,829
10 Taos, NM μSA 34,405 −0.24% 34,489 4.71% 32,937
11 Silver City, NM μSA 27,472 −2.53% 28,185 −4.50% 29,514
12 Deming, NM μSA 25,316 −0.44% 25,427 1.32% 25,095
13 Ruidoso, NM μSA 20,029 −1.18% 20,269 −1.11% 20,497
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541 0.93% 1,088,420 7.41% 1,013,356

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
  2. ^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved November 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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