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Carlsbad, New Mexico

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The city of Carlsbad is located in Eddy County and is the county seat.

Carlsbad is 950 feet [289.56 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Carlsbad lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Both California and Texas have communities that are also named Carlsbad.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Carlsbad had a population of 25,625 people<2> (or 49.84% of the total population of Eddy County). The population of Carlsbad represented 1.41% of the total of New Mexico, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Carlsbad had a population of 25,629 people.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Carlsbad.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200825,629  
200725,453-0.67%+0.76% since 2006
200625,261-1.42%+0.94% since 2005
200525,026-2.34% 
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200025,625The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Artesia   N32 mi [51.5 km]10,9942.82% increase
 Black River Village   S14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Hagerman   N49 mi [78.9 km]1,1600.68% decrease
 Hope   NW40 mi [64.4 km]107---
 Lake Arthur   N41 mi [66 km]4360.93% increase
 Loving   SE11 mi [17.7 km]1,3401.06% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Carlsbad.

Website for Carlsbad

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Carlsbad or Eddy County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.cityofcarlsbadnm.com/
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Carlsbad. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Carlsbad:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Carlsbad? Please visit the Map Page for Carlsbad.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carlsbad - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Carlsbad.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Carlsbad and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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