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Doña Ana County, NM

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 23 ZIP codes inside Doña Ana County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
23
in this county
Total population
211,651
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
17
distinct city/town names
Avg density
296
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Doña Ana County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
88001 Las Cruces 38,524 1,341
88012 Las Cruces 31,276 35
88011 Las Cruces 30,223 46
88005 Las Cruces 28,647 73
88007 Las Cruces 24,233 29
88021 Anthony 15,413 13
88063 Sunland Park 11,522 713
88008 Santa Teresa 11,003 53
87937 Hatch 3,864 9
88048 Mesquite 3,116 55
88044 La Mesa 2,791 2
88072 Vado 2,782 41
88047 Mesilla Park 1,477 89
88002 White Sands Missile Range 1,366 10
88004 Las Cruces 1,198 2,189
88024 Berino 763 1,079
88046 Mesilla 757 472
87941 Salem 732 36
88027 Chamberino 709 135
88003 Las Cruces 479 373
87940 Rincon 448 3
88052 Organ 168 11
87936 Garfield 160 5

About Doña Ana County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Doña Ana County in New Mexico contains roughly 23 ZIP codes spread across 17 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 211,651. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider New Mexico index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 296, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Doña Ana County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Doña Ana County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.