List of municipalities in New Mexico explained

New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with inhabitants but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121298.15sqmi.^[1] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, villages and an incorporated county.^[2] New Mexico's municipalities cover only of the state's land mass but are home to of its population.

All municipalities are granted local government powers including the collection of property tax, funding of fire protection and public transit, providing and maintaining public parks, cemeteries, hospitals, libraries, and museums, building and zoning regulations, and the maintenance of municipal water, sewer, electric, natural gas and solid waste utilities.^[3] Municipalities in New Mexico may adopt one of five forms of municipal government including Mayor-Council, Mayor-Council with Manager, Council-Manager, Commission-Manager, or City-County Council-Manager. All municipalities over 10,000 people must elect their representatives by district, with those under 10,000 having option to do so.^[4] Citizens in a Mayor-Council form of government elect a mayor (who only votes to break a tie, and does not have veto power), and a council of 4 to 10 councilors or trustees. Any municipality with a population over 1,000 with a Mayor/Council form of government may establish the office of manager who is not elected and administers the hiring and firing of municipal employees, enforces ordinances, prepares the budget, but cannot vote on council. The manager in a Commission/Manager municipality has identical powers to the manager in the Mayor/Council form of government. Mayor-Council system can be changed to a Commission/Manager municipality by popular vote if the population exceeds 3,000. Citizens in a Commission/Manager municipality may also vote on initiatives, referendums and recalls and the mayor has the right to vote on council issues. Only one municipality, Los Alamos, is an incorporated City-County with a Council-Manager system through the Los Alamos County Charter.^[5] Municipalities may also adopt a home rule charter which gives local municipalities powers not specifically authorized for municipalities by the state statutes. Twelve municipalities have adopted home rule or a charter in New Mexico.

The largest municipality by population in New Mexico is Albuquerque with 564,559 residents or approximately of the state population. The smallest municipality by population is Grenville with 22 residents. The largest municipality by land area is also Albuquerque which spans 187.73mi2, while Virden is the smallest at 0.22mi2.

List of municipalities

Name	Type	Government type^[6]	County(ies)	Population (2020)^[7]	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)^[8]	Population density
sq mi	km^2
Alamogordo	City	Commission - Manager §	Otero		21.39disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Albuquerque	City	Mayor - Council §	Bernalillo		187.27disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Angel Fire	Village	Mayor - Council	Colfax		28.81disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Anthony	City	Mayor - Council	Doña Ana		2.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Artesia	City	Mayor - Council	Eddy		11.33disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Aztec	City	Commission - Manager	San Juan		17.06disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bayard	City	Mayor - Council	Grant		0.95disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Belen	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Valencia		18.96disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bernalillo	Town	Mayor - Council	Sandoval		4.89disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bloomfield	City	Mayor - Council	San Juan		18.55disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bosque Farms	Village	Mayor - Council	Valencia		3.94disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Capitan	Village	Mayor - Council	Lincoln		3.26disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Carlsbad	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Eddy		31.52disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Carrizozo	Town	Mayor - Council	Lincoln		8.36disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Causey	Village	Mayor - Council	Roosevelt		3.75disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Chama	Village	Mayor - Council	Rio Arriba		2.59disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cimarron	Village	Mayor - Council	Colfax		2.12disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Clayton	Town	Mayor - Council with Manager	Union		7.77disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cloudcroft	Village	Mayor - Council	Otero		1.64disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Clovis	City	Commission - Manager §	Curry		23.63disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Columbus	Village	Mayor - Council	Luna		4.67disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Corona	Village	Mayor - Council	Lincoln		1.03disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Corrales	Village	Mayor - Council	Sandoval		10.79disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cuba	Village	Mayor - Council	Sandoval		3.26disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Deming	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Luna		16.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Des Moines	Village	Mayor - Council	Union		0.87disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Dexter	Town	Mayor - Council	Chaves		0.73disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Dora	Village	Mayor - Council	Roosevelt		2.63disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Eagle Nest	Village	Mayor - Council	Colfax		4.48disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Edgewood	Town	Commission-Manager	Santa Fe		56.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Elephant Butte	City	Mayor - Council	Sierra		4.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Elida	Town	Mayor - Council	Roosevelt		1.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Encino	Village	Mayor - Council	Torrance		1.99disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Española	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Rio Arriba Santa Fe		8.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Estancia	Town	Mayor - Council	Torrance		6.17disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Eunice	City	Mayor - Council	Lea		4.09disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Farmington	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	San Juan		34.46disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Floyd	Village	Mayor - Council	Roosevelt		3.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Folsom	Village	Mayor - Council	Union		0.65disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Fort Sumner	Village	Mayor - Council	De Baca		3.32disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Gallup	City	Mayor - Council with Manager §	McKinley		20.19disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Grady	Village	Mayor - Council	Curry		0.27disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Grants	City	Mayor - Council with Manager §	Cibola		14.91disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Grenville	Village	Mayor - Council	Union		0.38disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Hagerman	Town	Mayor - Council	Chaves		1.36disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Hatch	Village	Mayor - Council	Doña Ana		3.01disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Hobbs	City	Commission - Manager §	Lea		26.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Hope	Village	Mayor - Council	Eddy		1.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table
House	Village	Mayor - Council	Quay		0.91disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Hurley	Town	Mayor - Council	Grant		1.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Jal	City	Mayor - Council	Lea		4.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Jemez Springs	Village	Mayor - Council	Sandoval		4.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Kirtland	Town	Mayor - Council	San Juan	585^[9]			1.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table^[10]
Lake Arthur	Town	Mayor - Council	Chaves		0.53disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Las Cruces	City	Council - Manager §	Doña Ana		76.93disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Las Vegas	City	Mayor - Council with Manager §	San Miguel		7.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Logan	Village	Mayor - Council	Quay		10.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Lordsburg	City	Mayor - Council	Hidalgo		8.43disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Los Alamos	County	City - County (Council - Manager) §	Los Alamos		109.17disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Los Lunas	Village	Mayor - Council	Valencia		18.73disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Village	Mayor - Council	Bernalillo		4.45disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Loving	Village	Mayor - Council	Eddy		1.21disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Lovington	City	Commission - Manager	Lea		11.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Magdalena	Village	Mayor - Council	Socorro		6.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Maxwell	Village	Mayor - Council	Colfax		0.47disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Melrose	Village	Mayor - Council	Curry		1.69disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Mesilla	Town	Mayor - Council	Doña Ana		5.68disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Milan	Village	Mayor - Council	Cibola		4.34disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Moriarty	City	Mayor - Council	Torrance		6.94disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Mosquero	Village	Mayor - Council	Harding San Miguel		1disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Mountainair	Town	Mayor - Council	Torrance		1.58disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Pecos	Village	Mayor - Council	San Miguel		1.78disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Peralta	Town	Mayor - Council	Valencia		4.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Portales	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Roosevelt		7.95disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Questa	Village	Mayor - Council	Taos		5.11disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Raton	City	Commission - Manager	Colfax		7.96disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Red River	Town	Mayor - Council	Taos		1.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Reserve	Village	Mayor - Council	Catron		0.56disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Rio Communities^[11]	City	Mayor - Council	Valencia	4,926			7.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table=
Rio Rancho	City	Mayor - Council with Manager §	Bernalillo Sandoval		103.36disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Roswell	City	Mayor - Council with Manager	Chaves		29.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Roy	Village	Mayor - Council	Harding		2.04disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Ruidoso	Village	Mayor - Council with Manager	Lincoln		16.13disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Ruidoso Downs	City	Mayor - Council	Lincoln		3.79disp=tableNaNdisp=table
San Jon	Village	Mayor - Council	Quay		2.93disp=tableNaNdisp=table
San Ysidro	Village	Mayor - Council	Sandoval		2.34disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Santa Clara	Village	Mayor - Council	Grant		1.99disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Santa Fe	City	Mayor - Council with Manager §	Santa Fe		52.23disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Santa Rosa	City	Mayor - Council	Guadalupe		5disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Silver City	Town	Mayor - Council with Manager §	Grant		10.12disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Socorro	City	Mayor - Council	Socorro		14.45disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Springer	Town	Mayor - Council	Colfax		2.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Sunland Park	City	Mayor - Council	Doña Ana		13.58disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Taos	Town	Mayor - Council with Manager	Taos		6.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Taos Ski Valley	Village	Mayor - Council	Taos		2.85disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Tatum	Town	Mayor - Council	Lea		1.59disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Texico	City	Mayor - Council	Curry		0.83disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Tijeras	Village	Mayor - Council	Bernalillo		1.13disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Truth or Consequences	City	Commission - Manager	Sierra		28disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Tucumcari	City	Commission - Manager	Quay		9.51disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Tularosa	Village	Mayor - Council	Otero		2.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Vaughn	Town	Mayor - Council	Guadalupe		5.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Virden	Village	Mayor - Council	Hidalgo		0.21disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Wagon Mound	Village	Mayor - Council	Mora		1.01disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Willard	Village	Mayor - Council	Torrance		0.92disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Williamsburg	Village	Mayor - Council	Sierra		0.49disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Total municipalities	-	-	-			1275.58sqmi
New Mexico	-	-	-	^[12]		121298.15sqmi

See also

• List of census-designated places in New Mexico

Notes and References

1. Web site: GCT-PH1  - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010  - State  - Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision . . . June 17, 2016 . https://archive.today/20200213114736/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.ST10/0400000US01 . February 13, 2020 . dead .
2. Web site: Forms of Municipal Government in New Mexico. 2016. New Mexico Municipal League. https://web.archive.org/web/20170326220535/http://nmml.org/wp-content/uploads/2016-Forms-of-Municipal-Government-update.pdf. 2017-03-26. live. March 26, 2018.
3. Web site: Additional Powers of Any Municipality . New Mexico Municipal League . March 31, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915180518/http://nmml.org/wp-content/uploads/Powers-of-Municipalities.pdf . September 15, 2015.
4. Web site: Forms of Municipal Government in New Mexico . New Mexico Municipal League . March 31, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326220535/http://nmml.org/wp-content/uploads/2016-Forms-of-Municipal-Government-update.pdf . March 26, 2017.
5. Los Alamos County Code of Ordinance . Order . 558, § 1 . June 23, 2010 . 101. - Powers of County . Part I - Charter, Article I. . March 27, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102820/https://library.municode.com/nm/los_alamos_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH . March 28, 2018.
6. Web site: New Mexico Municipal Government . New Mexico Municipal League . 2016 . March 27, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231443/http://nmml.org/wp-content/uploads/2016-Municipalitiestype.pdf . March 26, 2017 .
7. Web site: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . August 25, 2021 .
8. Web site: Places . 2020 Gazetteer Files . United States Census Bureau . August 26, 2021.
9. https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Kirtland%20town,%20New%20Mexico Search Results
10. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3536230 Explore Census Data
11. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=Rio%20Communities Explore Census Data
12. Web site: Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020 . Census.gov . United States Census Bureau . 27 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210426202412/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/population-change-data-table.pdf . April 26, 2021. live .