Edgewood, New Mexico

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The 2000 Census showed that Edgewood had a population of 1,893 people^<1>. This represents 0.1% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 44th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
41	Mesilla	S	196 mi [315.4 km]	2,200	0.92% increase
42	Jal	SE	265 mi [426.5 km]	2,045	2.45% increase
-44-	Edgewood			2,742	44.85% increase
45	Milan	W	98 mi [157.7 km]	2,484	31.36% increase
46	Questa	N	118 mi [189.9 km]	1,907	2.31% increase
47	Ruidoso Downs	S	123 mi [197.9 km]	2,637	44.57% increase

Edgewood had 755 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Edgewood has an area^<4> of 8.71 square miles [22.57 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Edgewood had a 2000 population density of 217.2 people per square mile [83.9 people/km²], making it the state's 80th most densely populated area.

Santa Fe County

The town of Edgewood is primarily located in Santa Fe County. A portion of Edgewood extends into Torrance County.

The county had a population of 129,822 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,893 people, Edgewood contained 1.46% of the Santa Fe County total.

In addition, where the community of Edgewood has a population density of 217.2 people per square mile [83.9 people/km²], Santa Fe County averages 68 people per square mile [26.25 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Santa Fe County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Edgewood and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Edgewood. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Edgewood.

A Census Quickfact is available for Santa Fe County (QF-35049).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Santa Fe County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bernalillo	QF-35001	SW	635,139	14% increase
	Los Alamos	QF-35028	NW	18,150	0.67% decrease
	Mora	QF-35033	NE	5,052	2.88% decrease
	Rio Arriba	QF-35039	NW	40,692	1.32% decrease
	San Miguel	QF-35047	E	28,558	5.03% decrease
	Sandoval	QF-35043	W	122,298	34.03% increase
	Torrance	QF-35057	S	16,269	3.95% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Edgewood:

Edgewood is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Edgewood.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Edgewood. 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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