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About Rio Rancho (Click for more information)
| | Located in New Mexico (see below) |
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| | Located primarily in Bernalillo County (see below). A portion of Rio Rancho extends into Sandoval County. |
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| | Time Zone: Located in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. |
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| | Elevation: 1,680 feet [512.06 m] above sea level<1> |
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| | Population |
| | 2008:<2> | 51,765 (53.9% increase since 2000) |
| | 2000: | 51,765 |
| | (For more detail, see our Census Page for Rio Rancho) |
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| | Total Area:<3> | 73.4 sq miles [190.2 km²] |
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| | Housing Units:<4> | 20,209 |
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| | Latitude/Longitude<5> |
| | Lat: | 35°17'14" N (or 35.29° N) |
| | Long: | -106°41'53" W (or -106.7° W) |
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| | Name of USGS Topo Map: Loma Machete (7.5 Minute topographic series) |
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| | Other communities that are also named Rio Rancho can be found on the Profile Page for Rio Rancho. |
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About Bernalillo County (Click for more information)
About New Mexico (Click for more information)
Search for Local BusinessesGoogle'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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Rio Rancho: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Rio Rancho? Please visit the Map Page for Rio Rancho. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rio Rancho - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2000 Census and the next count will be for the 2010 Census. For more information, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | 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 |
| <4> | 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 |
| <5> | The longitude & latitude values have been supplied by the US Census Bureau. This location is not necessarily the center of Rio Rancho, but might be a prominent feature. For example, it might be the location of City Hall or the main Post Office. - Return to Citation |
| <6> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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