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.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Artesia	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	10,994	2.82% increase
	Black River Village	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Hagerman	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	1,160	0.68% decrease
	Hope	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	107	---
	Lake Arthur	N	41 mi [66 km]	436	0.93% increase
	Loving	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,340	1.06% increase

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

Website for Carlsbad

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The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

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.

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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