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| Name | Doña Ana |
| Alt names | Dona Ana | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Dona Ana county | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Doña Ana | source: Family History Library Catalog |
| Type | County |
| Located in | New Mexico, United States (1852 - ) |
| See also | Grant, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Luna, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Otero, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Sierra, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Valencia, New Mexico, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Doña Ana County is located in the southern part of the State of New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 219,561, which makes it the second-most populated county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Las Cruces, the second-most populous municipality in New Mexico after Albuquerque, with 111,385 as of the 2020 U.S. Census.
The county is named for Doña Ana Robledo, who died there in 1680 while fleeing the Pueblo Revolt. Doña Ana County is one of only two counties in the United States to have a diacritical mark in its name, the other being Coös County, New Hampshire. Notably, both Doña Ana County and Coös County lie on short international borders, the former with Mexico and the latter with Canada.
Doña Ana County consists of the Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the El Paso–Las Cruces, TX–NM Combined Statistical Area.
It borders Luna, Sierra, and Otero counties in New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas to the east and southeast.
The state of Chihuahua, Mexico borders the county to the south. Construction of an improved barrier on the border was expedited in 2019 with waivers of environmental and other laws. The waivers are for 27 laws including protection of endangered species, archaeological sites, and historic places.
Being 67.3% Hispanic in 2020, Doña Ana is New Mexico's largest majority-Hispanic county.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 6,239
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| 1870 | 5,864
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| 1880 | 7,612
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| 1890 | 9,191
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| 1900 | 10,187
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| 1910 | 12,893
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| 1920 | 16,548
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| 1930 | 27,455
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| 1940 | 30,411
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| 1950 | 39,557
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| 1960 | 59,948
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| 1970 | 69,773
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| 1980 | 96,340
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| 1990 | 135,510
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nmdonaan/
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