Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro population, 2020 to 2024

Socorro lost 330 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -38. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Socorro is 71% of it.

Socorro covers 14.45 square miles of land, for 578 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Socorro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Socorro is in

All of Socorro's residents live in Socorro County, which had 15,967 residents in 2024. Socorro holds 52.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Socorro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Socorro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87801. 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 Socorro is

The Census internal point of Socorro is at 34.054500, -106.906200. Santa Fe, the capital, is 125.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Los Lunas, NM (19,907 people), 52.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM, 74.1 miles away.

Daylight in Socorro

At 34.05° N, Socorro gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Socorro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Rio Communities, 42.2 miles away, with 4,927 people.