| Rank | Population Density ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 599.5/sq mi | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 92,280 |
| 2. | 574.3/sq mi | Albuquerque Public Schools / 676,111 |
| 3. | 164.5/sq mi | Los Alamos Public Schools / 17,974 |
| 4. | 117.7/sq mi | Santa Fe Public Schools / 119,676 |
| 5. | 104.6/sq mi | Las Cruces Public Schools / 153,080 |
| 6. | 103.2/sq mi | Clovis Municipal Schools / 46,853 |
| 7. | 85.4/sq mi | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 14,085 |
| 8. | 76.4/sq mi | Farmington Municipal Schools / 61,558 |
| 9. | 73.5/sq mi | Los Lunas Public Schools / 49,250 |
| 10. | 58.9/sq mi | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 44,608 |
| 11. | 52.5/sq mi | Portales Municipal Schools / 18,428 |
| 12. | 52.3/sq mi | Espanola Municipal Schools / 37,230 |
| 13. | 50.9/sq mi | Gadsden Independent Schools / 63,678 |
| 14. | 41.3/sq mi | Taos Municipal Schools / 26,316 |
| 15. | 40.4/sq mi | Aztec Municipal Schools / 16,666 |
| 16. | 39.2/sq mi | Bernalillo Public Schools / 25,434 |
| 17. | 34.1/sq mi | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 10,545 |
| 18. | 27.5/sq mi | Belen Consolidated Schools / 29,668 |
| 19. | 21.9/sq mi | Zuni Public Schools / 11,065 |
| 20. | 21.9/sq mi | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 23,093 |
| 21. | 18.2/sq mi | Roswell Independent Schools / 58,146 |
| 22. | 16.7/sq mi | Loving Municipal Schools / 2,118 |
| 23. | 15.7/sq mi | Lovington Public Schools / 15,597 |
| 24. | 14.1/sq mi | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 35,031 |
| 25. | 12.7/sq mi | Penasco Independent Schools / 3,319 |
| 26. | 12.6/sq mi | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,834 |
| 27. | 12.5/sq mi | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 62,017 |
| 28. | 11.7/sq mi | Alamogordo Public Schools / 45,726 |
| 29. | 11.5/sq mi | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 14,551 |
| 30. | 11.4/sq mi | Central Consolidated Schools / 32,005 |
| 31. | 11.4/sq mi | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 17,129 |
| 32. | 8.4/sq mi | Deming Public Schools / 24,947 |
| 33. | 7.6/sq mi | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 7,977 |
| 34. | 7.4/sq mi | Texico Municipal Schools / 2,186 |
| 35. | 7.4/sq mi | Raton Public Schools / 7,473 |
| 36. | 7.3/sq mi | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 21,326 |
| 37. | 7.0/sq mi | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,306 |
| 38. | 6.8/sq mi | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,774 |
| 39. | 6.4/sq mi | Artesia Public Schools / 17,783 |
| 40. | 6.4/sq mi | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 4,362 |
| 41. | 6.1/sq mi | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,445 |
| 42. | 6.0/sq mi | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,404 |
| 43. | 5.3/sq mi | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,523 |
| 44. | 5.1/sq mi | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 13,362 |
| 45. | 5.0/sq mi | Questa Independent Schools / 3,284 |
| 46. | 5.0/sq mi | Eunice Municipal Schools / 3,291 |
| 47. | 4.7/sq mi | Mora Independent Schools / 3,574 |
| 48. | 4.7/sq mi | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,189 |
| 49. | 4.2/sq mi | Hatch Valley Municipal Schools / 4,757 |
| 50. | 4.2/sq mi | Estancia Municipal Schools / 4,481 |
| 51. | 3.3/sq mi | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 3,699 |
| 52. | 3.1/sq mi | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 9,560 |
| 53. | 3.1/sq mi | Jal Public Schools / 2,215 |
| 54. | 2.8/sq mi | Truth or Consequences Schools / 11,774 |
| 55. | 2.6/sq mi | Dulce Independent Schools / 3,342 |
| 56. | 2.5/sq mi | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,534 |
| 57. | 2.4/sq mi | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 2,798 |
| 58. | 2.2/sq mi | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,862 |
| 59. | 2.2/sq mi | Mountainair Public Schools / 2,064 |
| 60. | 2.1/sq mi | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools / 2,712 |
| 61. | 1.9/sq mi | Lake Arthur Municipal Schools / 763 |
| 62. | 1.8/sq mi | Springer Municipal Schools / 1,916 |
| 63. | 1.8/sq mi | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,278 |
| 64. | 1.8/sq mi | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools / 4,200 |
| 65. | 1.5/sq mi | Melrose Public Schools / 1,083 |
| 66. | 1.4/sq mi | Clayton Public Schools / 3,777 |
| 67. | 1.1/sq mi | Floyd Municipal Schools / 473 |
| 68. | 1.1/sq mi | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 341 |
| 69. | 1.0/sq mi | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 1,710 |
| 70. | 0.9/sq mi | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,190 |
| 71. | 0.9/sq mi | Grady Municipal Schools / 334 |
| 72. | 0.8/sq mi | Wagon Mound Public Schools / 980 |
| 73. | 0.8/sq mi | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 1,967 |
| 74. | 0.8/sq mi | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 1,789 |
| 75. | 0.8/sq mi | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,305 |
| 76. | 0.8/sq mi | San Jon Municipal Schools / 502 |
| 77. | 0.7/sq mi | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,291 |
| 78. | 0.7/sq mi | Dora Consolidated Schools / 592 |
| 79. | 0.7/sq mi | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 953 |
| 80. | 0.6/sq mi | Reserve Independent Schools / 2,171 |
| 81. | 0.5/sq mi | Des Moines Municipal Schools / 636 |
| 82. | 0.5/sq mi | Roy Municipal Schools / 398 |
| 83. | 0.5/sq mi | Elida Municipal Schools / 383 |
| 84. | 0.5/sq mi | House Municipal Schools / 230 |
| 85. | 0.4/sq mi | Animas Public Schools / 1,035 |
| 86. | 0.4/sq mi | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,566 |
| 87. | 0.4/sq mi | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 597 |
| 88. | 0.2/sq mi | Mosquero Municipal Schools / 212 |
| 89. | 0.2/sq mi | Corona Municipal Schools / 338 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Population Density' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Population Density' data are not listed.
