Census Data for Dunes

As far as we can tell, Dunes has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Dunes, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Alamogordo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Alamogordo is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamogordo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamogordo <1>
• Cloudcroft
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <1>
• Tularosa
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Tularosa is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tularosa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tularosa <1>

Otero County ...

Dunes is located in Otero County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Otero County.

Miscellaneous Information for Dunes ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Otero County or the community of Dunes:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dunes:
  • GNIS ID for Dunes: 1987911
  • GNIS ID for Otero County: 929104
  • GNIS ID for State of New Mexico: 897535

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 35 (New Mexico)
  • County Code: 035 (Otero County)
  • Place Code: 21460 (Dunes)
  • State & County Code: 35/035 (New Mexico / Otero County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/21460 (New Mexico / Dunes)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Dunes is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Dunes.