ZIP codes in Otero County
17 ZIPs touch Otero County, New Mexico. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
17
ZIP codes
3
cross the county line
76,012
people in these ZIPs
33
counties in NM
Most people
Otero County ZIP list
More counties in New Mexico
- Lea County13
- Lincoln County19
- Los Alamos County3
- Luna County4
- McKinley County24
- Mora County14
- Quay County12
- Rio Arriba County37
- Roosevelt County14
- San Juan County20
- San Miguel County23
- Sandoval County21
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Otero County, New Mexico?
17 ZIP codes reach into Otero County. 3 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Otero County has the most people?
88310 (Alamogordo) has about 36,983 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Otero County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Otero County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Otero County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from