[5] The city is within the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, which was acquired from Mexico specifically to provide a southern route for a railroad to connect the United States with California.

It was expected that with the surge of railroad usage, that the city would grow drastically and resemble Chicago, Illinois.

The Mimbres and Casas Grandes cultures made pottery of remarkable quality, and the Deming area is rich in native pottery artifacts, as well as beads, stone implements, stone carvings, graves, etc.

Interstate 10 runs through the north side of the city, leading east 60 miles (97 km) to Las Cruces and west the same distance to Lordsburg.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Deming has a total area of 16.7 square miles (43.3 km2), all land.

[10] The city is surrounded by land that appears flat, with wide rubble aprons around the nearby mountains and imperceptible grades in various directions.

Springtime is often windy, and dust storms can be severe, occasionally lasting for days.

Deming's economy is based on transportation, real estate, agriculture, energy, retirement, tourism, and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

United States Border Patrol vehicles comprise a large fraction of Deming area road traffic.

Since 1953, several motion pictures have been filmed in Deming: Airports Major highways Railroads The Deming Luna Mimbres museum, housed in the historic Deming Armory (1916) and Customs House, features an important collection of Mimbres Indian painted pottery, historic period-furnished rooms in the Seaman Fields House, an antique auto collection, a restored Harvey House restaurant, a doll collection, and a geological section.

It features wet and dry duck race tracks, a hot air balloon show, a Tournament of Ducks Parade, a carnival, and a variety of vendors setting up their wares in the Courthouse Square and surrounding property.

On January 2, 2013, Deming officers Bobby Orosco and Robert Chavez pulled over David W. Eckert for a rolling stop.

[27] No drugs were found, and the driver was sent a bill for the procedures performed by the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City.

[28][29] In January 2014, the lawsuit with Luna County and the city of Deming was settled for a total of $1.6 million.