2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:

• 76.2% White
  White American
  White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
  
  
• 0.9% Black
  African American
  African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
  
  
• 3.1% Native American
  Native Americans in the United States
  Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
  
  
• 1.2% Asian
  Asian American
  Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
  
  
• 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  Pacific Islander American
  Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...
  
  
• 3.6% Two or more races
  Multiracial American
  Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their...
  
  
• 14.9% Other races
  Race (United States Census)
  Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
  
  
• 50.6% Hispanic or Latino
  Hispanic and Latino Americans
  Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
  
   (of any race)

2000

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, The population density

Population density

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 was 68 people per square mile (26/km²). There were 57,701 housing units at an average density of 30 per square mile (12/km²).

There were 52,482 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,207, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $33,287 versus $27,780 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $23,594. About 9.4% of families and 12% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The county is governed by a five-member county commission

County commission

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, whose members are elected from single-member districts (see map). Elections are partisan and all five seats are currently held by Democrats

Democratic Party (United States)

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. County commissioners serve four-year terms, with term limit

Term limit

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s preventing them from serving more than two full terms.

Current commissioners are:

District	Name	Party	First elected	Term ends
District 1	Danny Mayfield	Democratic	2010	2014
District 2	Virginia Vigil	Democratic	2004	2012
District 3	Robert Anaya	Democratic	2010	2014
District 4	Kathy Holian	Democratic	2008	2012
District 5	Liz Stefanics Liz Stefanics Elizabeth T. Stefanics , known as Liz Stefanics, is an American politician from New Mexico, currently serving on the Santa Fe County Commission...	Democratic	2008	2012

The New Mexico Corrections Department and the Penitentiary of New Mexico

Penitentiary of New Mexico

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 are located in an unincorporated area

Unincorporated area

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 in the county.

Other localities

• Nambé Pueblo
• Seton Village
  Seton Village, New Mexico
  Seton Village was an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It grew around the 32-room "castle" built by artist, author, and naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton located a few miles southeast of Santa Fe....
  
  
• Stanley
  Stanley, New Mexico
  Stanley is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. The Zip Code is: 87056.-Notable people:*Alan Ebnother, artist*Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico*Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico, and son of Bruce King-Notes:...
  
  
• Waldo
  Waldo, New Mexico
  Waldo is an unincorporated area in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It was created along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway just west of Cerrillos. Today little remains, although the name appears on a freeway exit on Interstate 25 some distance to the west...
  
  

Census-designated places

• Agua Fria
  Agua Fria, New Mexico
  Agua Fria is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Canada de los Alamos
  Canada de los Alamos, New Mexico
  Canada de los Alamos is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Cedar Grove
  Cedar Grove, New Mexico
  Cedar Grove is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Chimayo
  Chimayo, New Mexico
  Chimayo is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico; the community's name is more correctly pronounced and spelled Chimayó, a name that derives from a Tewa name for a local landmark, the hill of Tsi Mayoh...
  
  
• Chupadero
  Chupadero, New Mexico
  Chupadero is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Cuartelez
  Cuartelez, New Mexico
  Cuartelez is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Cundiyo
  Cundiyo, New Mexico
  Cundiyo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Cuyamungue
  Cuyamungue, New Mexico
  Cuyamungue is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• El Rancho
  El Rancho, New Mexico
  El Rancho is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• El Valle de Arroyo Seco
  El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
  El Valle de Arroyo Seco is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Eldorado at Santa Fe
  Eldorado at Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Eldorado at Santa Fe is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,799 at the 2000 census....
  
  
• Galisteo
  Galisteo, New Mexico
  Galisteo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 265 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
  
• Glorieta
  Glorieta, New Mexico
  Glorieta is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 859 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Jaconita
  Jaconita, New Mexico
  Jaconita is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• La Cienega
  La Cienega, New Mexico
  La Cienega is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• La Puebla
  La Puebla, New Mexico
  La Puebla is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Lamy
  Lamy, New Mexico
  Lamy is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, to the south of the city of Sante Fe. The community was named for Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, and lies within the Bishop John Lamy Spanish Land Grant, which dates back to the eighteenth century.Lamy is part of the...
  
  
• Los Cerrillos
  Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
  Los Cerrillos is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 229 at the 2000 census. Accessible from State Highway 14 or The Turquoise Trail, Cerrillos is on the road from Santa Fe...
  
  
• Madrid
  Madrid, New Mexico
  Madrid is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 149 at the 2000 census. Today Madrid has become an artists community with galleries lining Route 14...
  
  
• Pojoaque
  Pojoaque, New Mexico
  Pojoaque is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,261 at the 2000 census. Pojoaque and Pojoaque Pueblo are neighboring communities...
  
  
• Rio Chiquito
  Rio Chiquito, New Mexico
  Rio Chiquito is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Rio en Medio
  Rio en Medio, New Mexico
  Rio en Medio is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• San Ildefonso Pueblo
  San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
  San Ildefonso Pueblo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 458 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz, New Mexico
  Santa Cruz is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 423 at the 2000 census.-Colonial period:...
  
  
• Sombrillo
  Sombrillo, New Mexico
  Sombrillo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Tesuque
  Tesuque, New Mexico
  Tesuque is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 909 at the 2000 census...
  
  

External links

• Santa Fe County Website
• Santa Fe County Tourism Website