Census Data for Lea

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

• Eunice
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
  • Eunice is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <1>
• Hobbs
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Hobbs is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <1>

Lea County ...

Lea is located in Lea County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Lea ...

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 Lea County or the community of Lea:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Lea:
  • GNIS ID for Lea: 898565
  • GNIS ID for Lea County: 1702365
  • 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: 025 (Lea County)
  • Place Code: 40385 (Lea)
  • State & County Code: 35/025 (New Mexico / Lea County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/40385 (New Mexico / Lea)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Lea 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 Lea.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lea. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)