New Mexico · Census place 3516420

Clovis, New Mexico

Clovis is a city in Curry County, New Mexico with an estimated 37,555 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
37,555
#8 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-957 people
Land area
23.6 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
1,589 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Clovis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Clovis population, 2020 to 2024

Clovis lost 957 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -132. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Clovis is 3.2 times that size.

38.5k202038.2k202137.8k202237.7k202337.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 38,553. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clovis covers 23.63 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,589 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Clovis is denser than the typical town.

What county Clovis is in

All of Clovis's residents live in Curry County, which had 47,156 residents in 2024. Clovis holds 79.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clovis

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clovis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88101. 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 Clovis is

The Census internal point of Clovis is at 34.438600, -103.194200. Santa Fe, the capital, is 177.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amarillo, TX (203,729 people), 93.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.438600, -103.194200
DMS
34°26'18.96"N 103°11'39.12"W
UTM
13N 665909.7E 3812267.7N
Geohash
9wnegv272
Plus code
856RCRQ4+C8

Daylight in Clovis

At 34.44° N, Clovis gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clovis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Portales, 20.3 miles away, with 11,789 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clovis, NM?

37,555 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 957 (2.5%) from 38,512 in July 2020.

What county is Clovis in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clovis?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88101.

How far is Clovis from Santa Fe?

177.5 miles (285.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Clovis.

What is the nearest larger city to Clovis?

Amarillo, TX, with 203,729 residents, 93.3 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.