Census Data for White Sands

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

• Las Cruces
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Las Cruces is located in Dona Ana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Cruces
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Las Cruces <1>
• Mesilla
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mesilla is located in Dona Ana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesilla <1>
• Anthony
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Anthony is located in El Paso County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anthony <1>
• Vinton
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Vinton is located in El Paso County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>

Dona Ana County ...

White Sands is located in Dona Ana County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for White 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 Dona Ana County or the community of White Sands:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to White Sands:
  • GNIS ID for White Sands: 899989
  • GNIS ID for Dona Ana County: 929109
  • 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: 013 (Dona Ana County)
  • Place Code: 84845 (White Sands)
  • State & County Code: 35/013 (New Mexico / Dona Ana County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/84845 (New Mexico / White Sands)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • White 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 White Sands.