2010

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

• 68.7% 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...
  
  
• 0.4% 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...
  
  
• 6.2% Native American
  Native Americans in the United States
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• 0.7% 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,...
  
  
• 0.0% 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...
  
  
• 3.9% 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...
  
  
• 20.1% Other races
  Race (United States Census)
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• 55.8% Hispanic or Latino
  Hispanic and Latino Americans
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   (of any race)

2000

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 29,979 people, 12,675 households, and 7,757 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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 was 14 people per square mile (5.2537/km²). There were 17,404 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3.0500/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 63.77% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.35% Black

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 or African American

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, 6.59% Native American

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, 0.38% Asian

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, 0.12% Pacific Islander

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, 24.84% from other races

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, and 3.95% from two or more races. Hispanic

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 or Latino

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 of any race were 57.94% of the population.

There were 12,675 households out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.70% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 12.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.80% were non-families. 32.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,762, and the median income for a family was $33,995. Males had a median income of $27,310 versus $21,121 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $16,103. About 16.10% of families and 20.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.60% of those under age 18 and 20.80% of those age 65 or over.

Towns

• Red River
  Red River, New Mexico
  Red River is a resort town in Taos County, New Mexico, United States located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The population was 484 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  
• Taos
  Taos, New Mexico
  Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,700. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, and El Prado. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American...
  
  

Census-designated places

• Chamisal
  Chamisal, New Mexico
  Chamisal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is on the scenic High Road to Taos. The population was 301 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chamisal is located at ....
  
  
• Penasco
  Penasco, New Mexico
  Penasco is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is on the scenic High Road to Taos. The population is estimated at about 2,320+ .-Geography:Penasco is located at ....
  
  
• Picuris Pueblo
  Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico
  Picuris Pueblo is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census. The Pueblo people are from the Tiwa ethnic group of Native Americans. Picurís Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos.Picuris village has occupied its present...
  
  
• Ranchos de Taos
  Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
  Ranchos de Taos is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,390 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ranchos de Taos is located at ....
  
  
• Rio Lucio
  Rio Lucio, New Mexico
  Rio Lucio is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 379 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rio Lucio is located at ....
  
  
• Taos Pueblo
  Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
  Taos Pueblo is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is north of Taos. The population was 1,264 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Taos Pueblo is located at...
  
  
• Vadito
  Vadito, New Mexico
  Vadito is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is on the scenic High Road to Taos. The population was 242 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Vadito is located at ....
  
  

Other localities

• Amalia
• Arroyo Hondo
  Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
  Arroyo Hondo is a small unincorporated town in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simon Turley's mill on January 20, 1847...
  
  
• Arroyo Seco
  Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
  Arroyo Seco is an unincorporated community in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. Arroyo Seco's economy is based on tourism and services to residents of retirement and vacation homes....
  
  
• Carson
  Carson, New Mexico
  Carson is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Named after famed frontiersman and Taos resident Kit Carson, Carson was founded around 1908, when the surrounding area was opened for homesteading. Carson is presently a low-density rural area.Carson has...
  
  
• Cerro
• Costilla
• El Prado
  El Prado, New Mexico
  El Prado is an unincorporated suburb of Taos, in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. El Prado is located at latitude 36.449 and longitude 105.576. It is bounded on the east by the town of Taos, and to the north by Taos Pueblo lands. The elevation is 7,123 feet.El Prado has a post office, with...
  
  
• El Rito
  El Rito, Taos County, New Mexico
  El Rito in an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.El Rito is located at . It lies above sea level....
  
  
• Lama
  Lama Foundation
  The Lama Foundation is a community in the mountains of New Mexico, seventeen miles north of Taos.-History:The Lama Foundation was founded in 1967 by Barbara Durkee and Stephen Durkee . It began with the purchase of of land adjacent to federal forested land, and continues today as a place for...
  
  

• Las Trampas
  Las Trampas, New Mexico
  Las Trampas or Trampas is a small unincorporated town in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Located on the scenic High Road to Taos , it is approximately halfway between Santa Fe to the south and Taos to the north.Founded in 1751 by twelve Spanish families from Santa Fe, it is known for the...
  
  
• Llano
• Ojo Caliente
  Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
  Ojo Caliente is a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 285 near the Rio Grande. The state capital, Santa Fe lies south of Ojo Caliente, which sits between Espanola and Taos, approximately 50 miles southeast of Ghost Ranch. The community...
  
  
• Ojo Sarco
• Pilar
  Pilar, New Mexico
  Pilar is a small unincorporated town in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is located on the Rio Grande....
  
  
• San Cristóbal
• Tres Piedras
• Valdez