What are the top 10 fastest growing cities in NM? (Albuquerque: legal, statistics)

[desert sun]

What are the top 10 fastest growing cities in New Mexico? I cant seem to find any info anywhere,Im just curious to see who is growing more than the other.

[InTheDesert]

Well definitely Rio Rancho and Los Lunas

[finmqa1]

Go to the uscensus.gov and you should be able to find the break down for each state. I'll take a guess at it though..........
1) Las Cruces
2) Rio Rancho
3) Albuquerque
4) Los Lunas
5) Alamogordo
6) Farmington
7) Santa Fe
8) Ruidoso
9) Deming
10) Clovis

Remember those are guesses, and there based on percentage growth. Abq by far added the most people.

[Devin Bent]

Originally Posted by desert sun

What are the top 10 fastest growing cities in New Mexico? I cant seem to find any info anywhere, Im just curious to see who is growing more than the other.

If you mean % growth and you mean MSA rather than the political jurisdiction, then there are only four and they are

Las Cruces -- no surprise -- a boom area
ABQ
Farmington
Santa Fe -- no surprise -- the water policies are slow growth policies, intentionally or not

Las Cruces ranks 37th among fastest-growing metro areas - Las Cruces Sun-News

If you mean city, the political jurisdiction, I don't know. The two answers above are for city, the political jurisdiction. I would guess that Santa Fe the city doesn't make the list -- not clear that it is growing at all.

[domino]

If you are going by city only, Rio Rancho is clearly growing the fastest. Las Cruces is booming, but does not have the population base to support the kind of growth in Rio Rancho or the other Albuquerque suburbs.
I don't have any statistics, but since the oil boom started up again in earnest, I would imagine Hobbs and Farmington have seen some rapid recent growth.

[finmqa1]

Here are some population stats from wikipedia
The 20 Most Populous New Mexico Cities and Towns Rank City County Population
1 City of Albuquerque Bernalillo County 534,089 (2008)
523,590 (2006)
2 City of Las Cruces Dona Ana County 86,268
3 City of Rio Rancho Sandoval County 83,282 (2008)
71,607 (2006)
4 City of Santa Fe Santa Fe County 72,056
5 City of Roswell Chaves County 45,582
6 City of Farmington San Juan County 43,573
7 City of Alamogordo Otero County 36,069
8 City of Clovis Curry County 32,667
9 City of Hobbs Lea County 29,006
10 City of Carlsbad Eddy County 25,410
11 City of Gallup McKinley County 19,301
12 City of Deming Luna County 15,296
13 City of Las Vegas San Miguel County 14,565
14 City of Sunland Park Doña Ana County 14,234
15 City of Española Rio Arriba County 12,998
16 City of Los Alamos Los Alamos County 11,909
17 City of Los Lunas Valencia County 11,803
18 City of Portales Roosevelt County 11,131
19 City of Artesia Eddy County 10,597
20 City/Town of Silver City Grant County 10,545


The 5 Most Populous New Mexico Counties Rank County Population
within
county limits Land Area
sq. miles Population
Density
per sq mi Largest city
1 Bernalillo County 609,619 1,166 149 Albuquerque
2 Doña Ana County 189,444 3,807 69 Las Cruces
3 Santa Fe County 140,855 1,909 81 Santa Fe
4 San Juan County 126,208 5,514 58 Farmington
5 Sandoval County 107,460 3,710 51 Rio Rancho

[Devin Bent]

Originally Posted by finmqa1

Here are some population stats from wikipedia
The 20 Most Populous New Mexico Cities and Towns Rank City County Population
1 City of Albuquerque Bernalillo County 534,089 (2008)
523,590 (2006)
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14 City of Sunland Park Doña Ana County 14,234
15 City of Española Rio Arriba County 12,998
16 City of Los Alamos Los Alamos County 11,909
17 City of Los Lunas Valencia County 11,803
18 City of Portales Roosevelt County 11,131
19 City of Artesia Eddy County 10,597
20 City/Town of Silver City Grant County 10,545

That's interesting thanks, but I wonder why Ruidoso doesn't make the list. The Wikipedia entry for Ruidoso is "11,210 in the 2005 census estimate"
Ruidoso, New Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is there some sort of legal definition of city for NM and Ruidoso doesn't qualify? Does anybody know?

[finmqa1]

Okay, I was able to gather the info from the US Census Bureau. I only included cities with at a minimum population of 5,000 residents. Not to toot my own horn, but my guess above was pretty darn good ( 8 out of 10, and slightly different order).


Rank City % Change 2000 to 2006 July 1, 2006 July 1, 2000
1 Rio Rancho city 37.04% 71,607 52,251
2 Las Cruces city, Dona Ana County 17.25% 86,268 73,577
3 Los Lunas village, Valencia County 16.67% 11,803 10,117
4 Santa Fe city, Santa Fe County 14.34% 72,056 63,017
5 Ruidoso village, Lincoln County 13.66% 9,359 8,234
6 Farmington city, San Juan County 13.26% 43,573 38,472
7 Albuquerque city, Bernalillo County 12.43% 504,949 449,140
8 Bloomfield city, San Juan County 9.93% 7,409 6,740
9 Taos town, Taos County 8.94% 5,193 4,767
10 Deming city, Luna County 8.57% 15,296 14,089
11 Aztec city, San Juan County 8.49% 7,056 6,504
12 Bernalillo town, Sandoval County 7.17% 7,158 6,679
13 Corrales village, Sandoval County 7.05% 7,893 7,373
14 Sunland Park city, Dona Ana County 6.75% 14,234 13,334
15 Lovington city, Lea County 2.95% 9,693 9,415
16 Hobbs city, Lea County 2.72% 29,292 28,515
17 Clovis city, Curry County 2.18% 33,258 32,550
18 Portales city, Roosevelt County 1.66% 11,308 11,123
19 Grants city, Cibola County 1.57% 8,965 8,826
20 Alamogordo city, Otero County 1.19% 36,069 35,645
21 Roswell city, Chaves County 0.83% 45,582 45,208
22 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque village, Bernalillo County -0.37% 5,416 5,436
23 Belen city, Valencia County -0.45% 7,142 7,174
24 Carlsbad city, Eddy County -0.47% 25,410 25,531
25 Artesia city, Eddy County -0.56% 10,597 10,657
26 Espanola city -1.08% 9,629 9,734
27 Socorro city, Socorro County -2.78% 8,604 8,850
28 Rio Arriba County (part) -2.83% 6,894 7,095
29 Las Vegas city, San Miguel County -4.56% 13,889 14,552
30 Gallup city, McKinley County -4.61% 19,301 20,234
31 Silver City town, Grant County -4.91% 9,992 10,508
32 Truth or Consequences city, Sierra County -5.22% 6,915 7,296
33 Raton city, Colfax County -7.11% 6,781 7,300
34 Tucumcari city, Quay County -11.57% 5,249 5,936

Source: US Census Bureau 2006 Estimates

[Devin Bent]

Great list, thanks.

I was really, really wrong about Santa Fe City.

[desert sun]

thanks for posting the info everyone,Im wondering how big Sunland Park will get in the near future with all the growth El Paso is gonna see and also its a town you dont really ever hear about.