White Rock, New Mexico

White Rock, New Mexico
White Rock, New Mexico
Census-designated place
	Sign at entrance to White Rock
	Location of White Rock, New Mexico in Los Alamos County
	White Rock, New Mexico Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 35°48′27″N 106°12′24″W / 35.80750°N 106.20667°W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Los Alamos
Area
• Total	7.11 sq mi (18.41 km2)
• Land	7.07 sq mi (18.30 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation	6,375 ft (1,943 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,852
• Density	828.19/sq mi (319.76/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	87547
Area code	505
FIPS code	35-84740
GNIS feature ID	2409584

White Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. It is one of two major population centers in the county; the other is Los Alamos (the county seat). The population was 5,725 at the 2010 census.^[5] It is largely a bedroom community for employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory and their families. Access to White Rock from the town of Los Alamos and other cities and towns in New Mexico is via New Mexico State Road 4, which forms the northwestern boundary of the community. Administratively, White Rock is a neighborhood of Los Alamos;^{[citation needed]} locals refer to Los Alamos (meaning not White Rock) as "the Townsite," or "the Hill".

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Rock, New Mexico
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^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), White Rock CDP, New Mexico". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 18, 2020.