New Mexico · Census place 3548060
Mesilla, New Mexico
Mesilla is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,828 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 49th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,828
- #49 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +25 people
- Land area
- 5.7 sq mi
- Density
- 322 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Mesilla population, 2020 to 2024
Mesilla added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +20.
Mesilla covers 5.68 square miles of land, for 322 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Mesilla is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mesilla is in
All of Mesilla's residents live in Doña Ana County, which had 229,366 residents in 2024. Mesilla holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mesilla
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mesilla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 88005, 88046. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Mesilla is
The Census internal point of Mesilla is at 32.269300, -106.809100. Santa Fe, the capital, is 241.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Las Cruces, NM (116,998 people), 4.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.269300, -106.809100
- DMS
- 32°16'9.48"N 106°48'32.76"W
- UTM
- 13N 329609.9E 3571722.7N
- Geohash
- 9tsp96ryr
- Plus code
- 854M759R+P9
Daylight in Mesilla
At 32.27° N, Mesilla gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mesilla
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Las Cruces, 4.1 miles away, with 116,998 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mesilla, NM?
1,828 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (1.4%) from 1,803 in July 2020.
What county is Mesilla in?
Doña Ana County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mesilla?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 88005, 88046.
How far is Mesilla from Santa Fe?
241.0 miles (387.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Mesilla.
What is the nearest larger city to Mesilla?
Las Cruces, NM, with 116,998 residents, 4.1 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.