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Chama, NM

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Latitude: 36.894777     Longitude: -106.584406
Population 1,173 (2005)
Elevation of Chama, New Mexico: 7524 feet



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3513970, place: Chama village, New Mexico)

Total Population: 1,199
Male: 587 (48.96%)
Female: 612 (51.04%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 73 (6.09%)
5 to 9 years: 84 (7.01%)
10 to 14 years: 103 (8.59%)
15 to 19 years: 82 (6.84%)
20 to 24 years: 57 (4.75%)
25 to 34 years: 141 (11.76%)
35 to 44 years: 174 (14.51%)
45 to 54 years: 183 (15.26%)
55 to 59 years: 83 (6.92%)
60 to 64 years: 72 (6.01%)
65 to 74 years: 86 (7.17%)
75 to 84 years: 45 (3.75%)
85 years and over: 16 (1.33%)

Median age: 38.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 880 (73.39%)
21 years and over: 847 (70.64%)
62 years and over: 187 (15.6%)
65 years and over: 147 (12.26%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 880 (73.39%)
--Male: 417 (34.78%)
--Female: 463 (38.62%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 147 (12.26%)
--Male: 63 (5.25%)
--Female: 84 (7.01%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,163 (97%)
--White: 323 (26.94%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 854 (71.23%)
--Black or African American: 19 (1.58%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 32 (2.67%)
--Asian: 1 (0.08%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.08%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 301 (25.1%)
Two or more Races: 36 (3%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 854 (71.23%)
--Mexican: 124 (10.34%)
--Puerto Rican: 1 (0.08%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 729 (60.8%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 345 (28.77%)
--White Alone: 323 (26.94%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,199 (100%)
--Householder: 467 (38.95%)
--Spouse: 231 (19.27%)
--Child: 350 (29.19%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 270 (22.52%)
--Other relatives: 86 (7.17%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 44 (3.67%)
--Nonrelatives: 65 (5.42%)
----Unmarried partner: 47 (3.92%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 467
Family households (families): 313 (67.02%)
----With own children under 18 years: 144 (30.84%)
--Married-couple families: 231 (49.46%)
----With own children under 18 years: 95 (20.34%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 56 (11.99%)
----With own children under 18 years: 33 (7.07%)
Nonfamily households: 154 (32.98%)
--Householder living alone: 123 (26.34%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 41 (8.78%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 165 (35.33%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 117 (25.05%)
Average household size: 2.57 people
Average family size: 3.13 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 601
Occupied housing units: 467 (77.7%)
Vacant housing units: 134 (22.3%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 38 (6.32%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 9.8%
Occupied housing units: 467 (77.7%)
Owner occupied housing units: 347 (57.74%)
Renter occupied housing units: 120 (19.97%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.65 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.33 people

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