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Grant County, New Mexico

Population:
Grant County
Bayard
Hurley
Santa Clara
Silver City
Unincorporated
2000
30,923
2,525
1,458
1,938
10,508
14,494
2006
29,792
2,394
1,377
1,840
9,992
14,189
Growth
-3.7%
-5.2%
-5.6%
-5.1%
-4.1%
-2.1%

Grant County is in southwestern New Mexico with Arizona to the west. The Phelps-Dodge Corporation used to run a huge open pit copper mine near Tyrone, just south of Silver City.

Other Attractions:
Gila National Forest
Gila Wilderness
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