Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

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Jemez Pueblo, 1850 illustration

Jemez Pueblo jar, by B. Tosa

Jemez Pueblo (IPA: [ˈheɪməs]) is a Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, this census-designated place population was 1,953.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Jemez Pueblo is located at 35°36′38″N, 106°43′39″W (35.610435, -106.727509)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 km². There is no water on this piece of land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,953 people, 467 households, and 415 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 369.6/km² (957.0/mi²). There were 499 housing units at an average density of 94.4/km² (244.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.41% White, 99.13% Native American, 0.31% from other races, and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.

There were 467 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 35.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.1% were non-families. 9.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.18 and the average family size was 4.45.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 35.0% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,889, and the median income for a family was $30,880. Males had a median income of $20,964 versus $17,262 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $8,045. About 27.2% of families and 25.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 34.6% of those age 65 or over.

Published: August 25, 1986 A National Guard personnel carrier taking firefighters back to a forest fire base camp after their shift swerved off a dirt road and rolled into a dry creek bed early today, killing four firefighters and injuring 17, officials said. The accident took place in Danskin Canyon, near the 18,000-acre Anderson fire, which started Aug. 10, according to a Boise National Forest spokesman, Lee Singer. Allen Quintana, a spokesman for the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico, said the victims were from the Jemez No. 4 Indian firefighting team at the Jemez Pueblo northwest of Albuquerque. The crew had been in Idaho since Aug. 12. The accident site is 12 miles east of the base camp for 1,764 firefighters and support personnel. There were 62 fire crews trying to contain the Anderson fire, which erupted in a lightning storm that also started other blazes across the Northwest.

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