Las Vegas, New Mexico

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The 2000 Census showed that Las Vegas had a population of 14,565 people^<1>. This represents 0.8% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 12th 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
9	Hobbs	SE	233 mi [375 km]	30,476	6.35% increase
10	Carlsbad	S	227 mi [365.3 km]	25,629	---
11	Gallup	W	197 mi [317 km]	19,979	1.14% decrease
-12-	Las Vegas			13,818	5.13% decrease
13	Deming	SW	272 mi [437.7 km]	15,480	9.66% increase
14	Sunland Park	S	273 mi [439.4 km]	14,453	8.6% increase
15	Portales	SE	144 mi [231.7 km]	12,215	9.74% increase

Las Vegas had 6,366 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Las Vegas has an area^<4> of 7.51 square miles [19.46 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Las Vegas had a 2000 population density of 1,938 people per square mile [748 people/km²], making it the state's 4th most densely populated area.

San Miguel County

The city of Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County.

The county had a population of 30,072 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 14,565 people, Las Vegas contained 48.43% of the San Miguel County total.

In addition, where the community of Las Vegas has a population density of 1,938 people per square mile [748 people/km²], San Miguel County averages 6.38 people per square mile [2.46 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Las Vegas and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Las Vegas. 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 Las Vegas.

A Census Quickfact is available for San Miguel County (QF-35047).

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

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Guadalupe	QF-35019	S	4,346	7.22% decrease
	Harding	QF-35021	NE	684	14.82% decrease
	Mora	QF-35033	N	5,052	2.88% decrease
	Quay	QF-35037	E	8,929	11.45% decrease
	Santa Fe	QF-35049	W	143,937	10.87% increase
	Torrance	QF-35057	SW	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 Las Vegas:

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Las Vegas. 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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