Catron County, New Mexico

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Catron County, New Mexico

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Location in the state of New Mexico
New Mexico's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Reserve
Area - Total - Land - Water	17,946 km² (6,929 mi²) 17,943 km² (6,928 mi²) 3 km² (1 mi²), 0.02%
Population - (2000) - Density	3,543 >1/km²
Website: www.catroncountynm.com

Catron County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population is 3,543. Its county seat is Reserve ⁶. Catron County is the largest county, by area, in New Mexico[1].

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent Counties
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 17,946 km² (6,929 mi²). 17,943 km² (6,928 mi²) of it is land and 3 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.02%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent Counties

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 3,543 people, 1,584 households, and 1,040 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.20/km² (0.51/mi²). There were 2,548 housing units at an average density of 0.14/km² (0.37/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 87.75% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 2.20% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 5.42% from other races, and 3.61% from two or more races. 19.16% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,584 households out of which 22.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were married couples living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.30% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.10% under the age of 18, 4.20% from 18 to 24, 19.50% from 25 to 44, 36.40% from 45 to 64, and 18.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 104.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,892, and the median income for a family was $30,742. Males had a median income of $26,064 versus $18,315 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,951. About 17.40% of families and 24.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.60% of those under age 18 and 14.90% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

Reserve
Datil
Quemado
Pie Town
Luna
Aragon
Glenwood

	State of New Mexico Santa Fe (capital)
Regions	Central New Mexico \| Colorado Plateau \| Eastern New Mexico \| Llano Estacado \| Northern New Mexico \| Sangre de Cristo Mountains \| Southwestern New Mexico
Major cities	Albuquerque \| Las Cruces \| Rio Rancho \| Roswell \| Santa Fe
Smaller cities	Alamogordo \| Artesia \| Carlsbad \| Clovis \| Corrales \| Deming \| Española \| Farmington \| Gallup \| Grants \| Hobbs \| Las Vegas \| Los Alamos \| Los Lunas \| Lovington \| Portales \| Ruidoso \| Silver City \| Socorro \| Sunland Park
Counties	Bernalillo \| Catron \| Chaves \| Cibola \| Colfax \| Curry \| De Baca \| Doña Ana \| Eddy \| Grant \| Guadalupe \| Harding \| Hidalgo \| Lea \| Lincoln \| Los Alamos \| Luna \| McKinley \| Mora \| Otero \| Quay \| Rio Arriba \| Roosevelt \| San Juan \| San Miguel \| Sandoval \| Santa Fe \| Sierra \| Socorro \| Taos \| Torrance \| Union \| Valencia