New Mexico · Census place 3565280
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico with an estimated 2,627 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,627
- #42 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Density
- 693 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Ruidoso Downs population, 2020 to 2024
Ruidoso Downs lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Ruidoso Downs covers 3.79 square miles of land, for 693 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Ruidoso Downs is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ruidoso Downs is in
All of Ruidoso Downs's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 20,025 residents in 2024. Ruidoso Downs holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ruidoso Downs
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ruidoso Downs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88346. 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 Ruidoso Downs is
The Census internal point of Ruidoso Downs is at 33.331200, -105.596800. Santa Fe, the capital, is 163.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ruidoso, NM (7,640 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 98.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.331200, -105.596800
- DMS
- 33°19'52.32"N 105°35'48.48"W
- UTM
- 13N 444458.3E 3688163.7N
- Geohash
- 9tuvt5fb2
- Plus code
- 855P8CJ3+F7
Daylight in Ruidoso Downs
At 33.33° N, Ruidoso Downs 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 Ruidoso Downs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Ruidoso, 4.3 miles away, with 7,640 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ruidoso Downs, NM?
2,627 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.4%) from 2,663 in July 2020.
What county is Ruidoso Downs in?
Lincoln County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ruidoso Downs?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88346.
How far is Ruidoso Downs from Santa Fe?
163.6 miles (263.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Ruidoso Downs.
What is the nearest larger city to Ruidoso Downs?
Ruidoso, NM, with 7,640 residents, 4.3 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.