Las Cruces, Santa Fe is also known as “The City of the Crosses” and has a population of approximately 91,000. It is the second largest city in the state and is the economic and geographic center of the fertile Mesilla Valley. New Mexico State University is in Las Cruces and is New Mexico’s only land grant university. The major employer is the federal government with nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range employing many.