Hobbs, New Mexico

Hobbs population, 2020 to 2024

Hobbs added 402 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +906. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Hobbs is 3.5 times that size.

Hobbs covers 26.42 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,554 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Hobbs is denser than the typical town.

What county Hobbs is in

All of Hobbs's residents live in Lea County, which had 75,151 residents in 2024. Hobbs holds 54.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hobbs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hobbs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88240, 88244. 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 Hobbs is

The Census internal point of Hobbs is at 32.729100, -103.160600. Santa Fe, the capital, is 258.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Odessa, TX (119,748 people), 75.6 miles away.

Daylight in Hobbs

At 32.73° N, Hobbs gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hobbs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Lovington, 18.5 miles away, with 11,693 people.