New Mexico · Census place 3507880

Bloomfield, New Mexico

Bloomfield is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico with an estimated 7,363 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,363
#28 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-48 people
Land area
18.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
397 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Bloomfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Bloomfield population, 2020 to 2024

Bloomfield lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Bloomfield is 63% of it.

7,41120207,38320217,35420227,37120237,3632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,431. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bloomfield covers 18.55 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 397 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Bloomfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bloomfield is in

All of Bloomfield's residents live in San Juan County, which had 120,817 residents in 2024. Bloomfield holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bloomfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bloomfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87413. 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 Bloomfield is

The Census internal point of Bloomfield is at 36.743300, -107.973900. Santa Fe, the capital, is 135.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Farmington, NM (46,262 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 123.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.743300, -107.973900
DMS
36°44'35.88"N 107°58'26.04"W
UTM
13N 234473.0E 4070521.0N
Geohash
9we1nbzv1
Plus code
858JP2VG+8C

Daylight in Bloomfield

At 36.74° N, Bloomfield gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bloomfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Aztec, 5.0 miles away, with 6,129 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bloomfield, NM?

7,363 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (0.6%) from 7,411 in July 2020.

What county is Bloomfield in?

San Juan County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bloomfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 87413.

How far is Bloomfield from Santa Fe?

135.0 miles (217.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Bloomfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Bloomfield?

Farmington, NM, with 46,262 residents, 11.4 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.