New Mexico · Census place 3503820
Anthony, New Mexico
Anthony is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico with an estimated 8,910 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,910
- #22 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +194 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 3,300 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Anthony population, 2020 to 2024
Anthony added 194 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +122. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Anthony is 76% of it.
Anthony covers 2.70 square miles of land, for 3,300 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Anthony is denser than the typical town.
What county Anthony is in
All of Anthony's residents live in Doña Ana County, which had 229,366 residents in 2024. Anthony holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Anthony
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Anthony by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88021. 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 Anthony is
The Census internal point of Anthony is at 32.013100, -106.598400. Santa Fe, the capital, is 256.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunland Park, NM (18,185 people), 13.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Paso, TX, 15.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.013100, -106.598400
- DMS
- 32°00'47.16"N 106°35'54.24"W
- UTM
- 13N 349035.4E 3543004.2N
- Geohash
- 9tsnn7c3v
- Plus code
- 854M2C72+6J
Daylight in Anthony
At 32.01° N, Anthony gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Anthony
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Sunland Park, 13.1 miles away, with 18,185 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Anthony, NM?
8,910 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 194 (2.2%) from 8,716 in July 2020.
What county is Anthony in?
Doña Ana County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Anthony?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88021.
How far is Anthony from Santa Fe?
256.3 miles (412.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Anthony.
What is the nearest larger city to Anthony?
Sunland Park, NM, with 18,185 residents, 13.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.