Artesia, New Mexico

Artesia population, 2020 to 2024

Artesia lost 326 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +59. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Artesia is 1.1 times that size.

Artesia covers 11.38 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,103 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Artesia is close to the typical town.

What county Artesia is in

All of Artesia's residents live in Eddy County, which had 61,436 residents in 2024. Artesia holds 20.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Artesia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Artesia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88210. 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 Artesia is

The Census internal point of Artesia is at 32.852200, -104.424600. Santa Fe, the capital, is 213.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carlsbad, NM (31,999 people), 33.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Paso, TX, 136.1 miles away.

Daylight in Artesia

At 32.85° N, Artesia gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Artesia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Dexter, 23.9 miles away, with 1,055 people.