Census Data for Monument

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

• Hobbs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobbs is located in Lea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <1>
• Eunice
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eunice is located in Lea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <1>
• Lovington
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Lovington is located in Lea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovington
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovington <1>

Lea County ...

Monument is located in Lea County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Monument ...

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 Monument:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Monument:
  • GNIS ID for Monument: 899801
  • 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: 49950 (Monument)
  • State & County Code: 35/025 (New Mexico / Lea County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/49950 (New Mexico / Monument)

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

• The US Postal Service ZIP Code ...
  • While some people have used a ZIP code to identify a community, the purpose of the ZIP code was to make mail delivery more efficient by grouping addresses together. Although the ZIP Code doesn't specifically identify a community like Monument, it does identify addresses that are in (or near) Monument. It's important to remember that the boundaries of a ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned or overlapped with other ZIP Codes.
  • The ZIP code for Monument:88265<3>

• Census ZCTA Codes ...
  • The US Census Bureau created statistical entities that they call ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and these ZCTAs are frequently confused with the ZIP codes that come from the US Postal Service (USPS).
  • ZCTAs were first created for the 2000 Census and at that time, they were based upon the USPS ZIP codes. While largely covering the same areas, the boundaries of a ZCTA do not necessarily match the boundaries of a postal ZIP code with the same number. For example, while a postal ZIP code can cross a county or state line, a Census ZCTA can not. They should be treated as separate entities with no correlation between them.

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