Las Vegas, New Mexico

Las Vegas population, 2020 to 2024

Las Vegas lost 460 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -169. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Las Vegas is 1.1 times that size.

Las Vegas covers 8.62 square miles of land, for 1,475 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Las Vegas is denser than the typical town.

What county Las Vegas is in

All of Las Vegas's residents live in San Miguel County, which had 26,428 residents in 2024. Las Vegas holds 48.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Las Vegas

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Las Vegas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87701. 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 Las Vegas is

The Census internal point of Las Vegas is at 35.604800, -105.217000. Santa Fe, the capital, is 40.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Fe, NM (90,551 people), 43.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 86.3 miles away.

Daylight in Las Vegas

At 35.60° N, Las Vegas gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Las Vegas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Pecos, 26.0 miles away, with 1,372 people.