Sandoval County, New Mexico

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Sandoval County, New Mexico

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Location in the state of New Mexico
New Mexico's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Bernalillo
Area - Total - Land - Water	9,620 km² (3,714 mi²) sq mi ( km²) 13 km² (5 mi²), 0.13%
Population - (2000) - Density	89,908 9/km²
Website: www.sandovalcounty.com

Sandoval County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population was 89,908. The county seat is Bernalillo ⁶. It is part of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area.

On February 20, 2004, Sandoval County became the second jurisdiction in the United States (after San Francisco) to issue a marriage license to two women. The county clerk, noting that the New Mexico law defining marriage does not mention gender, said she feared a lawsuit if she refused to issue such marriage licenses.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent Counties
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 9,620 km² (3,714 mi²). 9,607 km² (3,709 mi²) of it is land and 13 km² (5 mi²) of it (0.13%) is water. The highest point in the county is the summit of Redondo Peak at 11,254'.

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - north
Los Alamos County, New Mexico - northeast
Santa Fe County, New Mexico - east
Bernalillo County, New Mexico - south
Cibola County, New Mexico - southwest
McKinley County, New Mexico - west
San Juan County, New Mexico - northwest

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 89,908 people, 31,411 households, and 23,621 families residing in the county. The population density was 9/km² (24/mi²). There were 34,866 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (9/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 65.08% White, 1.71% Black or African American, 16.28% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 12.37% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. 29.40% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 31,411 households out of which 38.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 12.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.80% were non-families. 19.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 30.10% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,949, and the median income for a family was $48,984. Males had a median income of $36,791 versus $26,565 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,174. About 9.00% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Metropolitan area
North Valley \| Rio Rancho \| South Valley
Belen \| Bernalillo \| Carnuel \| Corrales \| Isleta Village Proper \| Los Lunas \| Los Ranchos de Albuquerque \| Santa Ana Pueblo

	State of New Mexico Santa Fe (capital)
Regions	Central New Mexico \| Colorado Plateau \| Eastern New Mexico \| Llano Estacado \| Northern New Mexico \| Sangre de Cristo Mountains \| Southwestern New Mexico
Major cities	Albuquerque \| Las Cruces \| Rio Rancho \| Roswell \| Santa Fe
Smaller cities	Alamogordo \| Artesia \| Carlsbad \| Clovis \| Corrales \| Deming \| Española \| Farmington \| Gallup \| Grants \| Hobbs \| Las Vegas \| Los Alamos \| Los Lunas \| Lovington \| Portales \| Ruidoso \| Silver City \| Socorro \| Sunland Park
Counties	Bernalillo \| Catron \| Chaves \| Cibola \| Colfax \| Curry \| De Baca \| Doña Ana \| Eddy \| Grant \| Guadalupe \| Harding \| Hidalgo \| Lea \| Lincoln \| Los Alamos \| Luna \| McKinley \| Mora \| Otero \| Quay \| Rio Arriba \| Roosevelt \| San Juan \| San Miguel \| Sandoval \| Santa Fe \| Sierra \| Socorro \| Taos \| Torrance \| Union \| Valencia