Portales, New Mexico

Portales, New Mexico
City
Roosevelt County Courthouse in Portales
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Coordinates: 34°10′31″N 103°21′23″W / 34.17528°N 103.35639°W / 34.17528; -103.35639[1]
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Roosevelt
Area [2]
• Total	8.01 sq mi (20.74 km2)
• Land	8.01 sq mi (20.74 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	4,013 ft (1,223 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	12,137
• Density	1,515.61/sq mi (585.20/km2)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP Codes	88123, 88130
Area code	575
FIPS code	35-59260
GNIS feature ID	2411469[1]
Website	portalesnm.org

Portales (/pɔːrˈtælɪs/) is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States.^[4] Its population was 12,280 at the 2010 census. Portales is located near the larger city of Clovis, and Cannon Air Force Base, a major contributor to the economy of the region.

Eastern New Mexico University opened in Portales in 1934 as Eastern New Mexico Junior College, and has since grown to become the third-largest university in the state. The area is one of the largest producers of Valencia peanuts in the United States and is the nation's top producer of certified organic peanut butter. Portales is home to about 40 dairies and a major US dairy solids plant, together producing and exporting hundreds of millions of dollars of local milk products each year. It is the principal city of the Portales micropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger Clovis-Portales combined statistical area, including Clovis, 19 miles (31 km) away and Cannon Air Force Base, 13 miles (21 km) away.