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Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Rio Puerco
(Valencia County)

Rio Rancho Estates
(Sandoval County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Rio Rancho had a population of 51,765 people ^<1>. This represents 2.84% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 4th 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	79,655	+53.88%	+3.93% since 2007
2007	76,645	+48.06%	+6.26% since 2006
2006	72,127	+39.34%	+10.43% since 2005
2005	65,314	+26.17%	+6.58% since 2004
2004	61,280	+18.38%	+4.73% since 2003
2003	58,513	+13.04%	+3.66% since 2002
2002	56,448	+9.05%	+3.49% since 2001
2001	54,546	+5.37%	+5.37% since 2000
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2000	51,765	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
1	Albuquerque	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	521,999	16.36% increase
2	Las Cruces	S	203 mi [326.7 km]	91,865	23.7% increase
3	Santa Fe	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	71,831	15.48% increase
-4-	Rio Rancho			79,655	53.88% increase
5	Roswell	SE	181 mi [291.3 km]	46,198	2% increase
6	Farmington	NW	130 mi [209.2 km]	42,637	12.67% increase
7	Alamogordo	S	171 mi [275.2 km]	35,757	0.49% increase

Rio Rancho had 20,209 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Rio Rancho has an area ^<4> of 73.4 square miles [190.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Rio Rancho had a 2000 population density of 705 people per square mile [272.2 people/km²], making it the state's 43rd most densely populated area.

Bernalillo County

The city of Rio Rancho is primarily located in Bernalillo County. A portion of Rio Rancho extends into Sandoval County.

The county had a population of 557,133 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 51,765 people, Rio Rancho contained 9.29% of the Bernalillo County total.

In addition, where the community of Rio Rancho has a population density of 705 people per square mile [272.2 people/km²], Bernalillo County averages 477.8 people per square mile [184.5 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Rio Rancho and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Rio Rancho. 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]	2	87,442	47.96% increase
10 mi [16 km]	4	102,301	44.49% increase
15 mi [24 km]	5	624,300	20.19% increase
20 mi [32 km]	6	624,529	20.18% increase
25 mi [40 km]	7	625,049	20.17% increase
30 mi [48 km]	8	629,109	20.05% 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 Rio Rancho. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Rio Rancho, it also contains a comparison between Rio Rancho and the state of New Mexico.

Click here for the Rio Rancho QuickFact (QF-3563460).

A Census Quickfact is available for Bernalillo County (QF-35001).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Bernalillo County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Cibola	QF-35006	W	27,285	6.4% increase
Sandoval	QF-35043	N	122,298	34.03% increase
Santa Fe	QF-35049	NE	143,937	10.87% increase
Torrance	QF-35057	SE	16,269	3.95% decrease
Valencia	QF-35061	S	72,207	8.82% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	35 (New Mexico)
	County Code:	001 (Bernalillo County)
	Place Code:	63460 (Rio Rancho)

	State & County Code:	35001 (New Mexico/Bernalillo County)

	State & Place Code:	3563460 (New Mexico/Rio Rancho)

Rio Rancho 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 Rio Rancho.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
New Mexico ^<6>

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) Rio Rancho. 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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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 Rio Rancho 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 Rio Rancho. 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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