Rio Rancho, New Mexico

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

Rio Rancho is 1,680 feet [512.06 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Rio Rancho lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Rio Rancho, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Rio Rancho had a population of 51,765 people^<2> (or 9.29% of the total population of Bernalillo County). The population of Rio Rancho represented 2.85% of the total of New Mexico, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Rio Rancho had a population of 79,655 people. This is an increase of 53.88% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Rio Rancho.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albuquerque	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	521,999	16.36% increase
	Algodones	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Bernalillo	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	9,237	39.72% increase
	Corrales	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	7,787	6.18% increase
	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	5,622	10.41% increase
	North Valley	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Rio Rancho.

Websites for Rio Rancho

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The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) 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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