New Mexico · Census place 3579980
Tularosa, New Mexico
Tularosa is a village in Otero County, New Mexico with an estimated 2,632 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,632
- #41 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +78 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 933 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Tularosa population, 2020 to 2024
Tularosa added 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Tularosa covers 2.82 square miles of land, for 933 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Tularosa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tularosa is in
All of Tularosa's residents live in Otero County, which had 69,711 residents in 2024. Tularosa holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tularosa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tularosa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 88352. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Tularosa is
The Census internal point of Tularosa is at 33.075000, -106.017300. Santa Fe, the capital, is 180.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alamogordo, NM (31,667 people), 13.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 68.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.075000, -106.017300
- DMS
- 33°04'30.00"N 106°01'2.28"W
- UTM
- 13N 405046.5E 3660061.6N
- Geohash
- 9tus5t0ec
- Plus code
- 855M3XGM+23
Daylight in Tularosa
At 33.08° N, Tularosa gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tularosa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Alamogordo, 13.6 miles away, with 31,667 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tularosa, NM?
2,632 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 78 (3.1%) from 2,554 in July 2020.
What county is Tularosa in?
Otero County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tularosa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88352.
How far is Tularosa from Santa Fe?
180.2 miles (290.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Tularosa.
What is the nearest larger city to Tularosa?
Alamogordo, NM, with 31,667 residents, 13.6 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.