Census Data for La Petra

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

• Elephant Butte
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
  • Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <2>
• Truth or Consequences
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truth or Consequences
  • Truth or Consequences is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truth or Consequences <2>
• Williamsburg
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <2>

Sierra County ...

La Petra is located in Sierra County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for La Petra ...

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 Sierra County or the community of La Petra:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to La Petra:
  • GNIS ID for La Petra: 907708
  • GNIS ID for Sierra County: 1702370
  • 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: 051 (Sierra County)
  • Place Code: 38980 (La Petra)
  • State & County Code: 35/051 (New Mexico / Sierra County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/38980 (New Mexico / La Petra)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • La Petra 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 La Petra.