New Mexico · Census place 3575640
Sunland Park, New Mexico
Sunland Park is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico with an estimated 18,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 18,185
- #13 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +8.2%
- +1,385 people
- Land area
- 14.7 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,234 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Sunland Park population, 2020 to 2024
Sunland Park added 1,385 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +375. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Sunland Park is 1.6 times that size.
Sunland Park covers 14.74 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,234 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Sunland Park is denser than the typical town.
What county Sunland Park is in
All of Sunland Park's residents live in Doña Ana County, which had 229,366 residents in 2024. Sunland Park holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sunland Park
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sunland Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79922, 88008, 88063. 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 Sunland Park is
The Census internal point of Sunland Park is at 31.823600, -106.600300. Santa Fe, the capital, is 269.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Paso, TX (681,723 people), 10.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.823600, -106.600300
- DMS
- 31°49'24.96"N 106°36'1.08"W
- UTM
- 13N 348545.6E 3521998.8N
- Geohash
- 9tsjn321b
- Plus code
- 853MR9FX+CV
Daylight in Sunland Park
At 31.82° N, Sunland Park gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sunland Park
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Anthony, 13.1 miles away, with 8,910 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sunland Park, NM?
18,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,385 (8.2%) from 16,800 in July 2020.
What county is Sunland Park in?
Doña Ana County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sunland Park?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 79922, 88008, 88063.
How far is Sunland Park from Santa Fe?
269.3 miles (433.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sunland Park.
What is the nearest larger city to Sunland Park?
El Paso, TX, with 681,723 residents, 10.1 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.
- 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.