Albuquerque metropolitan area

Albuquerque Metropolitan Area
Albuquerque Metropolitan Area
	(top-to-bottom, left-to-right) Panorama of the city of Albuquerque; San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town Albuquerque; Downtown Albuquerque; Fred Harvey Company Harvey House museum in Belen; Moriarty municipal; Los Lunas; Intel Fab 11x in Rio Rancho; village hall in Los Ranchos; Rio Grande Bosque near Bernalillo; U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico; panorama from the Sandia Mountains peak
Map of Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos, NM	Albuquerque, NM MSA Santa Fe, NM MSA Española, NM μSA Las Vegas, NM μSA Los Alamos, NM μSA
	Albuquerque, NM MSA Santa Fe, NM MSA Española, NM μSA Las Vegas, NM μSA Los Alamos, NM μSA
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
Statistical Area	Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM Combined Statistical Area
Principal counties; (cities)	List Bernalillo County (Albuquerque); Sandoval County ; (Rio Rancho); Torrance County ; (Moriarty); Valencia County ; (Belen, Los Lunas);
Area
• Total	9,297 sq mi (24,080 km2)
Elevation (Average height)	5,312 ft (1,619 m)
Highest elevation (Sandia Mountains Crest)	10,678 ft (3,255 m)
Lowest elevation (Near the Rio Grande, south of Jarales)	4,767 ft (1,453 m)
Population
• Total	915,927
• Density	95/sq mi (37/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)

The Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area, sometimes referred to as Tiguex (named after the Southern Tiwa),^[2]^[3]^[4] is a metropolitan area in central New Mexico centered on the city of Albuquerque. The metro comprises four counties: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the MSA had a population of 887,077.^[5] The population is estimated to be 923,630 as of July 1, 2020,^[6] making Greater Albuquerque the 61st-largest MSA in the nation. The Albuquerque MSA forms a part of the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area with a 2020 estimated population of 1,165,181, ranked 49th-largest in the country.

^ "Demographics". Albuquerque Business Expansion | Business Friendly Environment | Albuquerque Economic Development AED. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
^ Casselle, T. (2010). Insiders' Guide to Albuquerque. Insiders' Guide Series (in Kurdish). Insider's Guide. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7627-6278-1. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
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^ "Census data" (PDF). www.census.gov. 2010. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
^ List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas