New Mexico · Census place 3503400

Angel Fire, New Mexico

Angel Fire is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,183 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,183
#60 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-11 people
Land area
28.4 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
42 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Angel Fire. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Angel Fire population, 2020 to 2024

Angel Fire lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,197. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Angel Fire covers 28.44 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 42 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Angel Fire is less dense than the typical town.

What county Angel Fire is in

All of Angel Fire's residents live in Colfax County, which had 12,307 residents in 2024. Angel Fire holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Angel Fire

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Angel Fire by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 87710. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Angel Fire is

The Census internal point of Angel Fire is at 36.378100, -105.258900. Santa Fe, the capital, is 61.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taos, NM (6,453 people), 17.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 110.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.378100, -105.258900
DMS
36°22'41.16"N 105°15'32.04"W
UTM
13N 476777.8E 4025917.7N
Geohash
9wmnuy2vc
Plus code
858P9PHR+6C

Daylight in Angel Fire

At 36.38° N, Angel Fire gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Angel Fire

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Taos, 17.9 miles away, with 6,453 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Angel Fire, NM?

1,183 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.9%) from 1,194 in July 2020.

What county is Angel Fire in?

Colfax County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Angel Fire?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 87710.

How far is Angel Fire from Santa Fe?

61.3 miles (98.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Angel Fire.

What is the nearest larger city to Angel Fire?

Taos, NM, with 6,453 residents, 17.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.