Chupadero, New Mexico

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Chupadero is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 318 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Chupadero is located at 35°49′23″N, 105°55′10″W (35.823119, -105.919542)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 318 people, 125 households, and 93 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 84.7/km² (219.8/mi²). There were 145 housing units at an average density of 38.6/km² (100.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 64.15% White, 1.26% African American, 1.26% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 29.56% from other races, and 3.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 47.80% of the population.

There were 125 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.4% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 34.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $59,231, and the median income for a family was $58,077. Males had a median income of $60,833 versus $25,179 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,915. About 22.1% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 25.0% of those age 65 or over.