New Mexico · Census place 3555620

Pecos, New Mexico

Pecos is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,372 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,372
#56 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-14 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
771 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Pecos. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Pecos population, 2020 to 2024

Pecos lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,389. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pecos covers 1.78 square miles of land, for 771 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Pecos is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pecos is in

All of Pecos's residents live in San Miguel County, which had 26,428 residents in 2024. Pecos holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pecos

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pecos by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 87552. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pecos is

The Census internal point of Pecos is at 35.575700, -105.678400. Santa Fe, the capital, is 16.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Fe, NM (90,551 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 60.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.575700, -105.678400
DMS
35°34'32.52"N 105°40'42.24"W
UTM
13N 438531.1E 3937100.8N
Geohash
9wkf7hr76
Plus code
857PH8GC+7J

Daylight in Pecos

At 35.58° N, Pecos 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 Pecos

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Fe, 18.1 miles away, with 90,551 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pecos, NM?

1,372 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 14 (1.0%) from 1,386 in July 2020.

What county is Pecos in?

San Miguel County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pecos?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 87552.

How far is Pecos from Santa Fe?

16.4 miles (26.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Pecos.

What is the nearest larger city to Pecos?

Santa Fe, NM, with 90,551 residents, 18.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.