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Otero County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- January 30, 1899
- Named after
- Miguel Antonio Otero
- Seat
- Alamogordo
- Largest city
- Alamogordo
- Total
- 6,628 sq mi (17,170 km )
- Land
- 6,613 sq mi (17,130 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,368
- Density
- 10.26/sq mi (3.961/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd
- Website
- co .otero .nm .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Otero County, NM | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 67839
- Area
- 17162
- Official website
- co.otero.nm.us
- Image
- Otero County Court House Alamogordo.jpg
- Households
- 23112
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- Commons category
- Otero County, New Mexico
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Otero County
- inception
- 1899-01-30
- per capita income
- 24777
- P12749
- Q145708
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Otero County (Spanish: Condado de Otero) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,839. Its county seat is Alamogordo. Its southern boundary is the Texas state line. It is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, the territorial governor when the county was created.
Otero County includes the Alamogordo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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