New Mexico · Census place 3520270

Deming, New Mexico

Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico with an estimated 15,272 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,272
#14 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+80 people
Land area
16.7 sq mi
Density
913 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Deming. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Deming population, 2020 to 2024

Deming added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +112. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Deming is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,175. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Deming covers 16.72 square miles of land, for 913 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Deming is less dense than the typical town.

What county Deming is in

All of Deming's residents live in Luna County, which had 25,878 residents in 2024. Deming holds 59.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Deming

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Deming by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88030. 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 Deming is

The Census internal point of Deming is at 32.263100, -107.752500. Santa Fe, the capital, is 258.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Las Cruces, NM (116,998 people), 56.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.263100, -107.752500
DMS
32°15'47.16"N 107°45'9.00"W
UTM
13N 240713.6E 3572925.1N
Geohash
9ters1340
Plus code
854J767X+62

Daylight in Deming

At 32.26° N, Deming gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Deming

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus, 30.8 miles away, with 1,495 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Deming, NM?

15,272 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 80 (0.5%) from 15,192 in July 2020.

What county is Deming in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Deming?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88030.

How far is Deming from Santa Fe?

258.0 miles (415.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Deming.

What is the nearest larger city to Deming?

Las Cruces, NM, with 116,998 residents, 56.4 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.