Española, NM Micro Area
The Española, NM micro area is one county in New Mexico: Rio Arriba County. About 39,832 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.3% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 39,832 1.3% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- Land area
- 5,861 sq mi (15,180 km²)
- Time zone
- Mountain TimeUTC-07:00 in January; UTC-06:00 in July
- State
- New Mexico
- Combined statistical area
- Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
- CBSA code
- 21580
The county in the Española, NM micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Arriba County | Central | 39,832 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Española10,473 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Albuquerque, NM Metro Area925,279 people
- Santa Fe, NM Metro Area156,907 people
- Las Vegas, NM Micro Area30,311 people
- Los Alamos, NM Micro Area19,407 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Los Alamos, NM Micro Area14 mi southwest
- Santa Fe, NM Metro Area24 mi south
- Taos, NM Micro Area38 mi northeast
- Las Vegas, NM Micro Area55 mi southeast
- Albuquerque, NM Metro Area70 mi southwest
- Alamosa, CO Micro Area102 mi north
- Farmington, NM Metro Area128 mi northwest
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