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Farmington, New Mexico

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The 2000 Census showed that Farmington had a population of 37,844 people ^<1>. This represents 2.08% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	42,637	+12.67%	+0.68% since 2007
2007	42,350	+11.91%	+1.02% since 2006
2006	41,924	+10.78%	+0.41% since 2005
2005	41,751	+10.32%	+1.45% since 2004
2004	41,153	+8.74%	+1.27% since 2003
2003	40,636	+7.38%	+1.82% since 2002
2002	39,910	+5.46%	+2.87% since 2001
2001	38,796	+2.52%	+2.52% since 2000
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2000	37,844	The Last Census

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
3	Santa Fe	SE	144 mi [231.7 km]	71,831	15.48% increase
4	Rio Rancho	SE	130 mi [209.2 km]	79,655	53.88% increase
5	Roswell	SE	311 mi [500 km]	46,198	2% increase
-6-	Farmington			42,637	12.67% increase
7	Alamogordo	SE	295 mi [474.8 km]	35,757	0.49% increase
8	Clovis	SE	322 mi [518 km]	32,352	0.96% decrease
9	Hobbs	SE	400 mi [643 km]	30,476	6.35% increase

Farmington had 15,077 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Farmington has an area ^<4> of 26.57 square miles [68.8 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Farmington had a 2000 population density of 1,424 people per square mile [550 people/km²], making it the state's 19th most densely populated area.

San Juan County

The city of Farmington is located in San Juan County.

The county had a population of 114,042 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 37,844 people, Farmington contained 33.18% of the San Juan County total.

In addition, where the community of Farmington has a population density of 1,424 people per square mile [550 people/km²], San Juan County averages 20.68 people per square mile [7.99 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for San Juan County.

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	42,637	12.67% increase
10 mi [16 km]	1	42,637	12.67% increase
30 mi [48 km]	3	56,798	12.16% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Farmington. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Farmington, it also contains a comparison between Farmington and the state of New Mexico.

Click here for the Farmington QuickFact (QF-3525800).

A Census Quickfact is available for San Juan County (QF-35045).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border San Juan County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Apache (AZ)	QF-04001	SW	70,207	0.99% increase
Archuleta (CO)	QF-08007	NE	12,648	26% increase
La Plata (CO)	QF-08067	NE	50,482	14.18% increase
Montezuma (CO)	QF-08083	N	25,384	6.36% increase
McKinley	QF-35031	S	70,724	5.17% decrease
Rio Arriba	QF-35039	E	40,692	1.32% decrease
Sandoval	QF-35043	SE	122,298	34.03% increase
San Juan (UT)	QF-49037	NW	15,055	4.75% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	35 (New Mexico)
	County Code:	045 (San Juan County)
	Place Code:	25800 (Farmington)

	State & County Code:	35045 (New Mexico/San Juan County)

	State & Place Code:	3525800 (New Mexico/Farmington)

Farmington 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 Farmington.

The Commemorative
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New Mexico ^<6>

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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Farmington and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Farmington. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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