Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec population, 2020 to 2024

Aztec lost 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -14. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Aztec is 52% of it.

Aztec covers 17.06 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 359 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Aztec is less dense than the typical town.

What county Aztec is in

All of Aztec's residents live in San Juan County, which had 120,817 residents in 2024. Aztec holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Aztec

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aztec by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87410. 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 Aztec is

The Census internal point of Aztec is at 36.815900, -107.970300. Santa Fe, the capital, is 137.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomfield, NM (7,363 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 127.4 miles away.

Daylight in Aztec

At 36.82° N, Aztec gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Aztec

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Bloomfield, 5.0 miles away, with 7,363 people.