Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell population, 2020 to 2024

Roswell lost 1,263 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -13. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Roswell is 4.0 times that size.

Roswell covers 29.72 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,587 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Roswell is denser than the typical town.

What county Roswell is in

All of Roswell's residents live in Chaves County, which had 63,697 residents in 2024. Roswell holds 74.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roswell

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Roswell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88201, 88203. 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 Roswell is

The Census internal point of Roswell is at 33.373400, -104.529400. Santa Fe, the capital, is 178.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Las Cruces, NM (116,998 people), 149.8 miles away.

Daylight in Roswell

At 33.37° N, Roswell gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roswell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Dexter, 15.4 miles away, with 1,055 people.