Lovington, New Mexico

Lovington population, 2020 to 2024

Lovington added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +247. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Lovington is 1.0 times that size.

Lovington covers 11.20 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,044 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Lovington is close to the typical town.

What county Lovington is in

All of Lovington's residents live in Lea County, which had 75,151 residents in 2024. Lovington holds 15.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lovington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lovington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88260. 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 Lovington is

The Census internal point of Lovington is at 32.944500, -103.349200. Santa Fe, the capital, is 240.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hobbs, NM (41,061 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Odessa, TX, 94.0 miles away.

Daylight in Lovington

At 32.94° N, Lovington gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lovington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Hobbs, 18.5 miles away, with 41,061 people.