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Albuquerque, NM 87121
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Five Points, NM 87121

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The 87121 ZIP Code is centered1 in Bernalillo County at latitude 35.017 and longitude -106.756 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Bernalillo County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 87121 was 39,006 with 12,835 housing units; a land area land area of 277.8 sq. miles; a water area of 0.32 sq. miles; and a population density of 140.41 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Pajarito, NM (3.9 miles ESE)
Arenal, NM (3.9 miles NE)
South Valley, NM (4.3 miles E)
Los Padillas, NM (4.7 miles SE)
Armijo, NM (5.1 miles ENE)
Mountainview, NM (5.3 miles ESE)
Kinney, NM (5.5 miles E)
Barr, NM (5.6 miles ESE)
Atrisco, NM (6 miles NE)
Five Points, NM (6.1 miles NE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Taylor Ranch, NM (10.7 miles N)
La Ladera, NM (14.1 miles SSE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.