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Chaparral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that straddles the line between Doña Ana and Otero counties in southern New Mexico, even though it is most often associated with Doña Ana County.

The population of Chaparral was 16,551 at the 2020 census, making it one of the largest census-designated places in New Mexico.

Chaparral has grown rapidly in recent decades, rising from 6,117 residents in the 2000 census to 14,631 in the 2010 census and 16,551 in 2020.

There were 5,039 households and 5,660 housing units in Chaparral at the 2020 census.

Chaparral is primarily a bedroom community for the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas, and for the military installations of Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range, although it is officially part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Chaparral's southern border is the Texas state line at the northern limit of the city of El Paso, and downtown El Paso lies about 20 miles to the south.

Because it sits on the east side of the Franklin Mountains, Chaparral is geographically isolated from the rest of Doña Ana County, whose county seat is Las Cruces.

The Chaparral CDP covers about 59.1 square miles of land in the Chihuahuan Desert at an elevation of about 4,082 feet.

Hispanic or Latino residents made up 87.5% of Chaparral's population in the 2020 census, and the community's median age was a young 31.7 years.

Chaparral is served by the Gadsden Independent School District, which operates Chaparral High School, Chaparral Middle School, and the Chaparral, Desert Trail, Sunrise, and Yucca Heights elementary schools.