New Mexico · Census place 3579840
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico with an estimated 5,942 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,942
- #33 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -103 people
- Land area
- 28.0 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 212 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Truth or Consequences population, 2020 to 2024
Truth or Consequences lost 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -82. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Truth or Consequences is 51% of it.
Truth or Consequences covers 28.00 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 212 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Truth or Consequences is less dense than the typical town.
What county Truth or Consequences is in
All of Truth or Consequences's residents live in Sierra County, which had 11,389 residents in 2024. Truth or Consequences holds 52.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Truth or Consequences
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Truth or Consequences by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87901, 87935. 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 Truth or Consequences is
The Census internal point of Truth or Consequences is at 33.237600, -107.276200. Santa Fe, the capital, is 185.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Socorro, NM (8,348 people), 60.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 69.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.237600, -107.276200
- DMS
- 33°14'15.36"N 107°16'34.32"W
- UTM
- 13N 287916.2E 3679937.6N
- Geohash
- 9tgtnfez5
- Plus code
- 855J6PQF+2G
Daylight in Truth or Consequences
At 33.24° N, Truth or Consequences gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Truth or Consequences
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Elephant Butte, 5.0 miles away, with 1,439 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Truth or Consequences, NM?
5,942 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 103 (1.7%) from 6,045 in July 2020.
What county is Truth or Consequences in?
Sierra County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Truth or Consequences?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 87901, 87935.
How far is Truth or Consequences from Santa Fe?
185.2 miles (298.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Truth or Consequences.
What is the nearest larger city to Truth or Consequences?
Socorro, NM, with 8,348 residents, 60.3 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.