New Mexico · Census place 3525800
Farmington, New Mexico
Farmington is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico with an estimated 46,262 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 46,262
- #6 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -235 people
- Land area
- 34.5 sq mi
- + 0.49 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,342 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Farmington population, 2020 to 2024
Farmington lost 235 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -45. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Farmington is 4.0 times that size.
Farmington covers 34.46 square miles of land and 0.49 of water, for 1,342 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Farmington is denser than the typical town.
What county Farmington is in
All of Farmington's residents live in San Juan County, which had 120,817 residents in 2024. Farmington holds 38.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Farmington
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Farmington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87401, 87402. 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 Farmington is
The Census internal point of Farmington is at 36.753800, -108.180500. Santa Fe, the capital, is 145.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rio Rancho, NM (112,524 people), 131.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.753800, -108.180500
- DMS
- 36°45'13.68"N 108°10'49.80"W
- UTM
- 12N 751703.6E 4071268.7N
- Geohash
- 9we146c67
- Plus code
- 858HQR39+GR
Daylight in Farmington
At 36.75° N, Farmington gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Farmington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Bloomfield, 11.5 miles away, with 7,363 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Farmington, NM?
46,262 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 235 (0.5%) from 46,497 in July 2020.
What county is Farmington in?
San Juan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Farmington?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 87401, 87402.
How far is Farmington from Santa Fe?
145.2 miles (233.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Farmington.
What is the nearest larger city to Farmington?
Rio Rancho, NM, with 112,524 residents, 131.0 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.