Tucumcari, New Mexico

Tucumcari population, 2020 to 2024

Tucumcari lost 202 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -93. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Tucumcari is 43% of it.

Tucumcari covers 9.51 square miles of land, for 532 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Tucumcari is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tucumcari is in

All of Tucumcari's residents live in Quay County, which had 8,403 residents in 2024. Tucumcari holds 60.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tucumcari

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tucumcari by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88401. 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 Tucumcari is

The Census internal point of Tucumcari is at 35.170300, -103.705000. Santa Fe, the capital, is 130.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clovis, NM (37,555 people), 58.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 105.7 miles away.

Daylight in Tucumcari

At 35.17° N, Tucumcari gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tucumcari

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Rosa, 57.2 miles away, with 2,824 people.