Census Data for Placitas

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

• Elephant Butte
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <1>
• Truth or Consequences
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Truth or Consequences is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truth or Consequences
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truth or Consequences <1>
• Williamsburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsburg is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <1>

Sierra County ...

Placitas is located in Sierra County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Placitas ...

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 Placitas:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Placitas:
  • GNIS ID for Placitas: 909751
  • 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: 58140 (Placitas)
  • State & County Code: 35/051 (New Mexico / Sierra County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/58140 (New Mexico / Placitas)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Placitas 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 Placitas.