Census Data for Elk

As far as we can tell, Elk 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 Elk, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Cloudcroft
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <1>
• Ruidoso Downs
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ruidoso Downs is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruidoso Downs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruidoso Downs <1>

Chaves County ...

Elk is located in Chaves County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Elk ...

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 Chaves County or the community of Elk:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Elk:
  • GNIS ID for Elk: 920594
  • GNIS ID for Chaves County: 1702364
  • 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: 005 (Chaves County)
  • Place Code: 23070 (Elk)
  • State & County Code: 35/005 (New Mexico / Chaves County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/23070 (New Mexico / Elk)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Elk 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 Elk.