Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque population, 2020 to 2024

Albuquerque lost 4,559 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -768. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Albuquerque is 47.9 times that size.

Albuquerque covers 187.26 square miles of land and 1.69 of water, for 2,992 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Albuquerque is denser than the typical town.

What county Albuquerque is in

All of Albuquerque's residents live in Bernalillo County, which had 671,747 residents in 2024. Albuquerque holds 83.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albuquerque

14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Albuquerque by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87101, 87102, 87104, 87106, 87107, 87108, 87109, 87110, 87111, 87112, 87113, 87114, 87120, 87123. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albuquerque is

The Census internal point of Albuquerque is at 35.104800, -106.646800. Santa Fe, the capital, is 56.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Paso, TX (681,723 people), 225.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 12.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,514 m (4,967 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Albuquerque

At 35.10° N, Albuquerque gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Albuquerque daylight page.

Places near Albuquerque

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 4.0 miles away, with 5,833 people.