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Lea County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- March 17, 1917
- Seat
- Lovington
- Largest city
- Hobbs
- Total
- 4,394 sq mi (11,380 km )
- Land
- 4,391 sq mi (11,370 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 0.07%
- Estimate 2025
- 74,749
- Density
- 16.96/sq mi (6.547/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .leacounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Lea County, NM | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 74455
- Area
- 11380
- Official website
- www.leacounty.net
- Image
- Lea County New Mexico Court House.jpg
- Households
- 22868
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- Commons category
- Lea County, New Mexico
- inception
- 1917-03-17
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- native label
- Lea County
- per capita income
- 26551
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Lea County (/liː/, LEE) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 74,455.
Its county seat is Lovington. It is both west and north of the Texas state line. Lea County comprises the Hobbs, NM micropolitan statistical area.
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