Editing New Mexico (section)

=== Settlements ===
{{See also|List of municipalities in New Mexico|List of census-designated places in New Mexico|List of counties in New Mexico}}
[[File:New Mexico population density 2020.png|thumb|left|New Mexico population density map]]With just {{convert|17|/sqmi|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|abbr=out}}, New Mexico is one of the [[List of states and territories of the United States by population density|least densely populated states]], ranking 45th out of 50; by contrast, the overall population density of the U.S. is {{convert|90|/sqmi|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|abbr=out}}. The state is divided into 33 counties and 106 municipalities, which include cities, towns, villages, and a [[City-County|consolidated city-county]], [[Los Alamos County, New Mexico|Los Alamos]]. Only three cities have at least 100,000 residents: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Las Cruces, whose respective metropolitan areas together account for the majority of New Mexico's population.

Residents are concentrated in the north-central region of New Mexico, anchored by the state's largest city, Albuquerque. Centered in [[Bernalillo County, New Mexico|Bernalillo County]], the [[Albuquerque metropolitan area]] includes New Mexico's third-largest city, [[Rio Rancho, New Mexico|Rio Rancho]], and has a population of over 918,000, accounting for one-third of all New Mexicans. It is adjacent to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], the capital and fourth-largest city. Altogether, the [[Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area]] includes more than 1.17&nbsp;million people, or nearly 60% of the state population.

New Mexico's other major center of population is in south-central area around [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], its second-largest city and the largest city in the southern region of the state. The Las Cruces metropolitan area includes roughly 214,000 residents, but with neighboring [[El Paso, Texas]] forms a [[El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico, combined statistical area|combined statistical area]] numbering over 1 million.<ref>"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 – United States – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division. March 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.</ref>

New Mexico hosts 23 federally recognized tribal reservations, including part of the Navajo Nation, the largest and most populous tribe; of these, 11 hold [[off-reservation trust land]]s elsewhere in the state. The vast majority of federally recognized tribes are concentrated in the northwest, followed by the north-central region.

Like several other southwestern states, New Mexico hosts numerous [[Colonia (United States)|''colonias'']], [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]], low-income [[slum]]s characterized by abject poverty, the absence of basic services (such as water and sewage), and scarce housing and infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NM Colonias|url=https://bber.unm.edu/colonias|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204195209/https://bber.unm.edu/colonias|archive-date=February 4, 2022|access-date=2021-08-07|website=Bureau of Business and Economic Research UNM|publisher=[[University of New Mexico]]}}</ref> The University of New Mexico estimates there are 118 colonias in the state, though the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]] identifies roughly 150.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 2, 2015|title=Colonias History|url=http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/communitydevelopment/programs/colonias/history|access-date=2021-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602094150/http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fprogram_offices%2Fcomm_planning%2Fcommunitydevelopment%2Fprograms%2Fcolonias%2Fhistory|archive-date=June 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The majority are located along the [[U.S.-Mexico border|Mexico-U.S. border.]]

{{Largest cities
| country = New Mexico
| stat_ref = Source: 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimate<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>
| list_by_pop =
| div_name =
| div_link = Counties of New Mexico{{!}}County
| city_1 = Albuquerque, New Mexico{{!}}Albuquerque
| div_1 = Bernalillo County, New Mexico{{!}}Bernalillo
| pop_1 = 560,274
| img_1 = Alb Skyline (cropped).png
| city_2 = Las Cruces, New Mexico{{!}}Las Cruces
| div_2 = Doña Ana County, New Mexico{{!}}Doña Ana
| pop_2 = 114,892
| img_2 = Las Cruces.jpg
| city_3 = Rio Rancho, New Mexico{{!}}Rio Rancho
| div_3 = Sandoval County, New Mexico{{!}}Sandoval / Bernalillo
| pop_3 = 110,660
| img_3 = Rio Rancho Sprawl.jpeg
| city_4 = Santa Fe, New Mexico{{!}}Santa Fe
| div_4 = Santa Fe County, New Mexico{{!}}Santa Fe
| pop_4 = 89,167
| img_4 = Santa Fe NM.jpg
| city_5 = Roswell, New Mexico{{!}}Roswell
| div_5 = Chaves County, New Mexico{{!}}Chaves
| pop_5 = 47,109

| city_6 = Farmington, New Mexico{{!}}Farmington
| div_6 = San Juan County, New Mexico{{!}}San Juan
| pop_6 = 46,237

| city_7 = Hobbs, New Mexico{{!}}Hobbs
| div_7 = Lea County, New Mexico{{!}}Lea
| pop_7 = 39,386

| city_8 = Clovis, New Mexico{{!}}Clovis
| div_8 = Curry County, New Mexico{{!}}Curry
| pop_8 = 37,612

| city_9 = Carlsbad, New Mexico{{!}}Carlsbad
| div_9 = Eddy County, New Mexico{{!}}Eddy
| pop_9 = 31,499

| city_10 = Alamogordo, New Mexico{{!}}Alamogordo
| div_10 = Otero County, New Mexico{{!}}Otero
| pop_10 = 31,284

}}