New Mexico · Census place 3517050
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,495
- #53 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +56 people
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Density
- 320 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +29.
Columbus covers 4.67 square miles of land, for 320 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Luna County, which had 25,878 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 88029. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 31.827400, -107.642300. Santa Fe, the capital, is 283.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Deming, NM (15,272 people), 30.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 60.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.827400, -107.642300
- DMS
- 31°49'38.64"N 107°38'32.28"W
- UTM
- 13N 249914.6E 3524346.9N
- Geohash
- 9temnd120
- Plus code
- 853JR9G5+X3
Daylight in Columbus
At 31.83° N, Columbus gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Deming, 30.8 miles away, with 15,272 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, NM?
1,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (3.9%) from 1,439 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Luna County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88029.
How far is Columbus from Santa Fe?
283.7 miles (456.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
Deming, NM, with 15,272 residents, 30.8 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.