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Las Vegas, NM Micro Area

The Las Vegas, NM micro area is made up of 2 counties in New Mexico: San Miguel and Mora. About 30,311 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.4% fewer than in April 2020.

Mora County, outlyingSan Miguel County, centralLas Vegas
Central Outlying 2 counties in New Mexico
Population, July 2025
30,311 3.4% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
6,648 sq mi (17,218 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
29780
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Counties in the Las Vegas, NM micro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
San Miguel CountyCentral26,26086.6%
Mora CountyOutlying4,05113.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Las Vegas13,000 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:

  1. Albuquerque, NM Metro Area925,279 people
  2. Santa Fe, NM Metro Area156,907 people
  3. Española, NM Micro Area39,832 people
  4. 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.

  1. Santa Fe, NM Metro Area43 mi west
  2. Española, NM Micro Area55 mi northwest
  3. Taos, NM Micro Area58 mi north
  4. Albuquerque, NM Metro Area88 mi southwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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