Census Data for Point of Sands

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

• Alamogordo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Alamogordo is located in Otero County
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• Tularosa
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Tularosa is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tularosa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tularosa <1>
• Cloudcroft
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <1>

Otero County ...

Point of Sands is located in Otero County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Point of Sands ...

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 Otero County or the community of Point of Sands:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Point of Sands:
  • GNIS ID for Point of Sands: 899855
  • GNIS ID for Otero County: 929104
  • 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: 035 (Otero County)
  • Place Code: 58560 (Point of Sands)
  • State & County Code: 35/035 (New Mexico / Otero County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/58560 (New Mexico / Point of Sands)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Point of Sands 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 Point of Sands.