Catron County

administration
The Catron County Courthouse in Reserve
US state :	New Mexico
Administrative headquarters :	reserve
Foundation :	February 25, 1921
Made up from:	Socorro County
Demographics
Residents :	3725 (2010)
Population density :	0.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	17,946 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.bernco.gov

Catron County is a county in the western state of New Mexico in the United States . The county has 3725 inhabitants and is the largest in the state with an area of 17,946 square kilometers. The county seat is reserve .

geography

Rivers in the county are the Tularosa River , the San Francisco River, and the West Fork Gila River . Almost the entire county is in the Gila National Forest .

The area of the county is 17,946 square kilometers; 3 square kilometers (0.02 percent) of this is water. The county borders the counties in a clockwise direction: Cibola County , Socorro County , Sierra County , Grant County , Greenlee County, Arizona, and Apache County, Arizona.

history

The name goes back to Thomas B. Catron , who in 1912 was the first US Senator to represent the young state of New Mexico in Washington.

There is a national monument in the county , the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument . Eleven buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	3282	-
1940	4881	48.7%
1950	3533	-27.6%
1960	2773	-21.5%
1970	2198	-20.7%
1980	2720	23.7%
1990	2563	-5.8%
2000	3543	38.2%
2010	3725	5.1%
1900-1990 2000 Age pyramid of Catron County (as of 2000)

Old mine wagons

The county had a population of 3,543 people as of the 2000 census . There were 1,584 households and 1,040 families. The population density was less than 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.75% White, 0.28% African American, 2.20% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, and 5.42% other races Groups; 3.61% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 19.16% of the population.

Of the 1,584 households, 22.30% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.40% were married couples living together, 7.60% were single mothers. 34.30% were not families. 30.10% were single households and 11.40% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.75 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 21.10% residents under the age of 18, 4.20% between the ages of 18 and 24, 19.50% between the ages of 25 and 44, and 36.40% between the ages of 45 and 64 18.80% were 65 years of age or over. The mean age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 104.70 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 101.70 males.

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

Places in Catron County

In Catron County is a community that has the status of a Village . For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau keeps 13 census-designated places that are subordinate to the county and are not self-governing. Like the Unincorporated Communities, these are unincorporated areas.

Villages