Population
The suburb Sunland Park (pop. 13,309 in 2000), of El Paso, Texas in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, is the largest community of New Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. Lordsburg, New Mexico (pop. 3,379 in 2000), the county seat of Hidalgo County, was in the disputed area before the Gadsden Purchase, and Deming, New Mexico, the county seat of Luna County, was north of both the Mexican and American land claims before the Gadsden Purchase, though the proposed Bartlett-Conde compromise of 1851 would have left it in Mexico.
The boundaries of most counties in Arizona do not follow the northern boundary of the Gadsden Purchase, but six counties in Arizona do have most of their populations within the land of the Gadsden Purchase. Four of these also contain areas north of the Gadsden Purchase, but these areas do have low population densities, with the exception of northeastern Pinal County, AZ, including the towns of Apache Junction and Florence. Maricopa County also extends south into the area of the Gadsden Purchase, but this area is also thinly populated.
| County | Seat | Pop. | Area (mi²) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochise | Bisbee | 117,755 | 6,219 | ||
| Graham | Safford | 33,489 | 4,641 | ||
| Pima | Tucson | 843,746 | 9,189 | ||
| Pinal | Florence | 179,727 | 5,374 | ||
| Santa Cruz | Nogales | 38,381 | 1,238 | ||
| Yuma | Yuma | 160,026 | 5,519 | ||
| Total | 1,373,124 |
The northmost point of the Gadsden Purchase, and also along the American-Mexican border during period of 1848 - 53 is at approximately 33°23′30″N 112°23′0″W / 33.39167°N 112.383333°W / 33.39167; -112.383333 in the town of Goodyear, Arizona, about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Phoenix.
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