| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:11 PM |
| Population: | 64,352 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 35005 |
| CBSA: | Roswell, NM |
| Land Area: | 4,279 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.2555, -104.4978 |
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64,352 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 4,279 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 65,944 to 64,352 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 88253 (Lake Arthur, $85,813 median) and poorest ZIP 88203 (Roswell, $42,207) are 23.5 miles apart — a 2.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.1× across this county — from $104,800 in 88230 (Dexter) to $225,000 in 88201 (Roswell).
Density varies 14× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 88253 (Lake Arthur) to 48 in 88203 (Roswell).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.3% bachelor's+ in 88203 (Roswell) to 29.3% in 88253 (Lake Arthur) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within New Mexico, this is the #8 most populous of 34 counties and ranks #18 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $52,279 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (7,623 of 42,042 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.