New Mexico · Census place 3525450
Eunice, New Mexico
Eunice is a city in Lea County, New Mexico with an estimated 3,068 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,068
- #39 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +1 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 750 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Eunice population, 2020 to 2024
Eunice added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +67.
Eunice covers 4.09 square miles of land, for 750 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Eunice is less dense than the typical town.
What county Eunice is in
All of Eunice's residents live in Lea County, which had 75,151 residents in 2024. Eunice holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Eunice
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eunice by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88231. 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 Eunice is
The Census internal point of Eunice is at 32.436100, -103.149000. Santa Fe, the capital, is 275.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hobbs, NM (41,061 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Odessa, TX, 60.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.436100, -103.149000
- DMS
- 32°26'9.96"N 103°08'56.40"W
- UTM
- 13N 674017.2E 3590283.7N
- Geohash
- 9ty8sbc1y
- Plus code
- 854RCVP2+CC
Daylight in Eunice
At 32.44° N, Eunice gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Eunice
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Hobbs, 20.3 miles away, with 41,061 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Eunice, NM?
3,068 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 3,067 in July 2020.
What county is Eunice in?
Lea County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Eunice?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88231.
How far is Eunice from Santa Fe?
275.3 miles (443.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Eunice.
What is the nearest larger city to Eunice?
Hobbs, NM, with 41,061 residents, 20.3 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.
- 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.