New Mexico · Census place 3520620

Dexter, New Mexico

Dexter is a town in Chaves County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,055 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,055; #61 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020: -1.2%; -13 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi; + 0.06 sq mi water
Density: 1,445 / sq mi; State median 1,067

Orange pin: Dexter. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

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Dexter population, 2020 to 2024

Dexter lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,066. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dexter covers 0.73 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,445 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Dexter is denser than the typical town.

What county Dexter is in

All of Dexter's residents live in Chaves County, which had 63,697 residents in 2024. Dexter holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dexter

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dexter by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 88230. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dexter is

The Census internal point of Dexter is at 33.194800, -104.368900. Santa Fe, the capital, is 193.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roswell, NM (47,176 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 145.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.194800, -104.368900
DMS: 33°11'41.28"N 104°22'8.04"W
UTM: 13N 558825.3E 3673060.2N
Geohash: 9tvuc4bvs
Plus code: 855Q5JVJ+WC

Daylight in Dexter

At 33.19° N, Dexter gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dexter

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Roswell, 15.4 miles away, with 47,176 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dexter, NM?

1,055 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (1.2%) from 1,068 in July 2020.

What county is Dexter in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dexter?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88230.

How far is Dexter from Santa Fe?

193.8 miles (311.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Dexter.

What is the nearest larger city to Dexter?

Roswell, NM, with 47,176 residents, 15.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.