{"id":6331,"date":"2023-07-26T17:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:31:11","slug":"santa-fe-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/santa-fe-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Fe County, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santa Fe County is a county in New Mexico, United States, centred about 58 miles northeast of
\nAlbuquerque. It had a population of 154,823 at the 2020 census, an estimated 156,100 by 2024, and
\ncovers 1,909 square miles (4,940 km2) of land centred near 35\u00b031\u2032N 105\u00b059\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Santa Fe is the county seat, and it is New Mexico’s capital — the oldest state
\ncapital in the country, founded in 1610; its main postal code is 87501. The county holds one full
\ncity, a slice of a second city, one town, and roughly 45 smaller census-designated places and
\npueblos, and it runs on Mountain Time. Its FIPS code is 35049.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Santa Fe County<\/h2>\n

Santa Fe County has three incorporated municipalities and roughly 45 unincorporated
\ncommunities, census-designated places (CDPs) and Indian pueblos. The table below lists the
\nincorporated places first, then the 14 largest CDPs and pueblos with a documented 2020 population
\nabove 200 — dozens more exist as small rural settlements with no separately tabulated count.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Santa Fe<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n87,505<\/td>\n87501–87509<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Española<\/td>\nCity (partial)<\/td>\n10,526<\/td>\n87532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edgewood<\/td>\nTown (partial)<\/td>\n6,174<\/td>\n87015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eldorado at Santa Fe<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n6,005<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Cienega<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,885<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chimayo<\/td>\nCDP (partial)<\/td>\n3,077<\/td>\n87522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agua Fria<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,913<\/td>\n87507<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pojoaque<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,071<\/td>\n87506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Las Campanas<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,460<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tesuque<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,094<\/td>\n87574<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Ildefonso Pueblo<\/td>\nPueblo<\/td>\n624<\/td>\n87501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tesuque Pueblo<\/td>\nPueblo<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n87574<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pojoaque Pueblo<\/td>\nPueblo<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n87506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nambe Pueblo<\/td>\nPueblo<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n87506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glorieta<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n87535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Cerrillos<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n258<\/td>\n87010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galisteo<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n87540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madrid<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n247<\/td>\n87010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n87540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several pairs are easy to confuse. Tesuque CDP is a mixed-ethnicity commuter community just north
\nof Santa Fe; Tesuque Pueblo, one mile away, is a separate sovereign nation and one of the Eight
\nNorthern Pueblos — they share a ZIP but are governed independently. The same applies to
\nPojoaque and Pojoaque Pueblo, and to the settlement of Nambe and Nambe Pueblo: in each case the
\nCDP is a mixed-population area near, but distinct from, the pueblo’s own tribal
\ngovernment. No 2020 population count specific to Pojoaque Pueblo or Nambe Pueblo as separate
\nCDPs was available, so those cells are left blank rather than estimated. Los Cerrillos and Madrid
\nsit three miles apart on the Turquoise Trail and share ZIP 87010, but are distinct places with
\nseparate histories. Española’s population figure above is citywide; most of the city,
\nincluding its downtown, sits across the line in Rio Arriba County. Chimayo is split the same way
\n— most of its area and population lie in Rio Arriba, with only its southern edge in Santa Fe
\nCounty. Edgewood’s figure is also townwide; annexations have extended its limits into
\nBernalillo and Torrance counties.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n