Socorro -- U.S. County in New Mexico Population (2000): 18078 Housing Units (2000): 7808 Land area (2000): 6646.400279 sq. miles (17214.096966 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.312897 sq. miles (5.990376 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6648.713176 sq. miles (17220.087342 sq. km) Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35 Location: 34.174316 N, 107.015631 W Headwords: Socorro Socorro, NM Socorro County Socorro County, NM