Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro, New Mexico
City
Socorro aerial view
Location of Socorro in Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro, New Mexico Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°3′42″N 106°53′58″W / 34.06167°N 106.89944°W / 34.06167; -106.89944
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Socorro
Government
• Mayor	Ravi Bhasker[1]
Area [2]
• Total	14.46 sq mi (37.46 km2)
• Land	14.45 sq mi (37.43 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	4,603 ft (1,403 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	8,707
• Density	602.39/sq mi (232.59/km2)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP Code	87801
Area code	575
FIPS code	35-73540
GNIS feature ID	0938832
Website	www.socorronm.gov

Socorro (/səˈkɔːroʊ/, sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet (1,396 m). In 2010 the population was 9,051. It is the county seat of Socorro County.^[4] Socorro is located 74 miles (119 km) south of Albuquerque and 146 miles (235 km) north of Las Cruces.

The instruments used by the LINEAR program are located at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site (ETS) on the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) near Socorro, New Mexico.