Doña Ana County, NM
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Doña Ana County anchors southern New Mexico's legal market and is home to Las Cruces — the state's second-largest city. The Third Judicial District Court handles civil, criminal, and family matters. Las Cruces hosts the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (Las Cruces Division), New Mexico State University, and a distinctive border-region bar given proximity to the Mexican border (El Paso/Ciudad Juárez metro). The economy combines higher education (NMSU), agriculture (Mesilla Valley), federal installations (White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility), and border commerce.