Gallup, New Mexico

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The 2000 Census showed that Gallup had a population of 20,209 people^<1>. This represents 1.11% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 11th 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
8	Clovis	E	322 mi [518 km]	32,352	0.96% decrease
9	Hobbs	SE	375 mi [603 km]	30,476	6.35% increase
10	Carlsbad	SE	335 mi [539 km]	25,629	---
-11-	Gallup			19,979	1.14% decrease
12	Las Vegas	E	197 mi [317 km]	13,818	5.13% decrease
13	Deming	S	232 mi [373.4 km]	15,480	9.66% increase
14	Sunland Park	SE	284 mi [457.1 km]	14,453	8.6% increase

Gallup had 7,349 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Gallup has an area^<4> of 13.35 square miles [34.58 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Gallup had a 2000 population density of 1,513 people per square mile [584 people/km²], making it the state's 12th most densely populated area.

McKinley County

The city of Gallup is located in McKinley County.

The county had a population of 74,583 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 20,209 people, Gallup contained 27.1% of the McKinley County total.

In addition, where the community of Gallup has a population density of 1,513 people per square mile [584 people/km²], McKinley County averages 13.69 people per square mile [5.29 people/km²].

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

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 Gallup.

A Census Quickfact is available for McKinley County (QF-35031).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border McKinley County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apache (AZ)	QF-04001	W	70,207	0.99% increase
	Cibola	QF-35006	SE	27,285	6.4% increase
	San Juan	QF-35045	N	122,500	7.42% increase
	Sandoval	QF-35043	E	122,298	34.03% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Gallup 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 Gallup.

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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) Gallup. 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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