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Largest ZIP Codes in New Mexico by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, in square miles. Water is excluded. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 88201 Roswell Chaves 2,643.26 sq mi
2 88030 Deming Luna 2,572.34 sq mi
3 87825 Magdalena Socorro 2,349.05 sq mi
4 88220 Carlsbad Eddy 1,907.62 sq mi
5 88435 Santa Rosa Guadalupe 1,800.16 sq mi
6 87821 Datil Catron 1,625.03 sq mi
7 88119 Fort Sumner De Baca 1,602.78 sq mi
8 87701 Las Vegas San Miguel 1,601.81 sq mi
9 87943 Winston Sierra 1,494.97 sq mi
10 88116 Elida Roosevelt 1,434.79 sq mi
11 88045 Lordsburg Hidalgo 1,397.95 sq mi
12 87829 Quemado Catron 1,375.90 sq mi
13 88415 Clayton Union 1,369.35 sq mi
14 87740 Raton Colfax 1,306.68 sq mi
15 88210 Artesia Eddy 1,287.32 sq mi
16 88020 Animas Hidalgo 1,248.62 sq mi
17 88318 Corona Lincoln 1,229.28 sq mi
18 87832 San Antonio Socorro 1,195.96 sq mi
19 88040 Hachita Hidalgo 1,163.31 sq mi
20 87013 Cuba Sandoval 1,131.94 sq mi
21 88344 Pinon Otero 1,111.84 sq mi
22 88203 Roswell Chaves 1,092.98 sq mi
23 87901 Truth Or Consequences Sierra 1,080.41 sq mi
24 87036 Mountainair Torrance 1,045.83 sq mi
25 88401 Tucumcari Quay 970.30 sq mi
26 88321 Encino Torrance 935.45 sq mi
27 88316 Capitan Lincoln 909.64 sq mi
28 87020 Grants Cibola 901.96 sq mi
29 88061 Silver City Grant 897.23 sq mi
30 88424 Grenville Union 886.30 sq mi
31 88301 Carrizozo Lincoln 869.89 sq mi
32 88252 Jal Lea 854.77 sq mi
33 88267 Tatum Lea 831.73 sq mi
34 88039 Glenwood Catron 823.00 sq mi
35 88260 Lovington Lea 814.92 sq mi
36 87752 Wagon Mound Mora 806.57 sq mi
37 88426 Logan Harding 793.87 sq mi
38 88124 Melrose Curry 749.11 sq mi
39 88250 Hope Chaves 733.94 sq mi
40 87830 Reserve Catron 723.88 sq mi
41 88340 Mescalero Otero 718.33 sq mi
42 87747 Springer Colfax 708.56 sq mi
43 87313 Crownpoint McKinley 682.19 sq mi
44 88042 Hillsboro Sierra 660.60 sq mi
45 88130 Portales Roosevelt 632.09 sq mi
46 88136 Yeso De Baca 627.21 sq mi
47 88310 Alamogordo Otero 618.93 sq mi
48 87413 Bloomfield San Juan 600.84 sq mi
49 88240 Hobbs Lea 600.16 sq mi
50 87002 Belen Valencia 598.29 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 371 ZIP codes in New Mexico that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 88201 ranks 1st at 2,643.26 sq mi, against 598.29 sq mi in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “Largest ZIP Codes in New Mexico by Land Area.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/nm/largest-area

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