Portales, New Mexico
Portales, New Mexico | |
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Roosevelt County Courthouse in Portales | |
Location of Portales, New Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 34°10′31″N 103°21′23″W / 34.17528°N 103.35639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Roosevelt |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.01 sq mi (20.74 km2) |
| • Land | 8.01 sq mi (20.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,013 ft (1,223 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 12,137 |
| • Density | 1,515.61/sq mi (585.20/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 88123, 88130 |
| Area code | 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-59260 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2411469 |
| Website | portalesnm.org |
Portales (/pɔːrˈtælɪs/) is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 12,280 at the 2010 census. Portales is located near the larger city of Clovis, and Cannon Air Force Base, a major contributor to the economy of the region.
Eastern New Mexico University opened in Portales in 1934 as Eastern New Mexico Junior College, and has since grown to become the third-largest university in the state. The area is one of the largest producers of Valencia peanuts in the United States and is the nation's top producer of certified organic peanut butter. Portales is home to about 40 dairies and a major US dairy solids plant, together producing and exporting hundreds of millions of dollars of local milk products each year. It is the principal city of the Portales micropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger Clovis-Portales combined statistical area, including Clovis, 19 miles (31 km) away and Cannon Air Force Base, 13 miles (21 km) away.