Raton, New Mexico

Raton population, 2020 to 2024

Raton lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Raton is 51% of it.

Raton covers 7.96 square miles of land, for 754 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Raton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Raton is in

All of Raton's residents live in Colfax County, which had 12,307 residents in 2024. Raton holds 48.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Raton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Raton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87740. 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 Raton is

The Census internal point of Raton is at 36.885000, -104.439600. Santa Fe, the capital, is 117.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trinidad, CO (8,183 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 96.1 miles away.

Daylight in Raton

At 36.89° N, Raton gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Raton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Angel Fire, 57.4 miles away, with 1,183 people.