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Santa Fe, New Mexico

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(Santa Fe County)

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(Mora County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Santa Fe had a population of 62,203 people ^<1>. This represents 3.42% of the total population of New Mexico, making it the state's 3rd 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	71,831	+15.48%	+1.59% since 2007
2007	70,706	+13.67%	+1.27% since 2006
2006	69,817	+12.24%	+1.39% since 2005
2005	68,862	+10.71%	+1.06% since 2004
2004	68,138	+9.54%	+1.06% since 2003
2003	67,425	+8.4%	+1.95% since 2002
2002	66,133	+6.32%	+2.78% since 2001
2001	64,342	+3.44%	+3.44% since 2000
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2000	62,203	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	SW	55 mi [88.5 km]	521,999	16.36% increase
2	Las Cruces	S	235 mi [378.2 km]	91,865	23.7% increase
-3-	Santa Fe			71,831	15.48% increase
4	Rio Rancho	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	79,655	53.88% increase
5	Roswell	SE	178 mi [286.5 km]	46,198	2% increase
6	Farmington	NW	144 mi [231.7 km]	42,637	12.67% increase
7	Alamogordo	S	192 mi [309 km]	35,757	0.49% increase

Santa Fe had 30,533 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Santa Fe has an area ^<4> of 37.33 square miles [96.7 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Santa Fe had a 2000 population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], making it the state's 8th most densely populated area.

Santa Fe County

The city of Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County.

The county had a population of 129,822 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 62,203 people, Santa Fe contained 47.91% of the Santa Fe County total.

In addition, where the community of Santa Fe has a population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], Santa Fe County averages 68 people per square mile [26.25 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Santa Fe and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Santa Fe. 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]	1	71,831	15.48% increase
15 mi [24 km]	1	71,831	15.48% increase
20 mi [32 km]	2	73,320	15.2% increase
30 mi [48 km]	3	83,011	13.2% 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 Santa Fe. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Santa Fe, it also contains a comparison between Santa Fe and the state of New Mexico.

Click here for the Santa Fe QuickFact (QF-3570500).

A Census Quickfact is available for Santa Fe County (QF-35049).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Santa Fe County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Bernalillo	QF-35001	SW	635,139	14% increase
Los Alamos	QF-35028	NW	18,150	0.67% decrease
Mora	QF-35033	NE	5,052	2.88% decrease
Rio Arriba	QF-35039	NW	40,692	1.32% decrease
San Miguel	QF-35047	E	28,558	5.03% decrease
Sandoval	QF-35043	W	122,298	34.03% increase
Torrance	QF-35057	S	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 Santa Fe:

	State Code:	35 (New Mexico)
	County Code:	049 (Santa Fe County)
	Place Code:	70500 (Santa Fe)

	State & County Code:	35049 (New Mexico/Santa Fe County)

	State & Place Code:	3570500 (New Mexico/Santa Fe)

Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

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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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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Santa Fe? Please visit the Map Page for Santa Fe.

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 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe. 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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