CARSON National Forest Local Area
List of the 17 Local Area counties with total population, land area, and population density

5-digit FIPS
code		 County Population Land area
(square miles)		 Persons per
square mile
8003 Alamosa, CO 15,088 722.7 20.9
8007 Archuleta, CO 11,615 1,350.2 8.6
8021 Conejos, CO 8,398 1,287.2 6.5
8023 Costilla, CO 3,603 1,227.1 2.9
8055 Huerfano, CO 7,755 1,590.9 4.9
8071 Las Animas, CO 15,353 4,772.6 3.2
35007 Colfax, NM 13,831 3,756.8 3.7
35021 Harding, NM 774 2,125.3 0.4
35028 Los Alamos, NM 18,796 109.4 171.9
35033 Mora, NM 5,212 1,931.1 2.7
35039 Rio Arriba, NM 40,710 5,857.6 6.9
35043 Sandoval, NM 102,120 3,709.3 27.5
35045 San Juan, NM 124,166 5,514.0 22.5
35047 San Miguel, NM 29,514 4,717.0 6.3
35049 Santa Fe, NM 138,705 1,909.2 72.7
35055 Taos, NM 31,464 2,203.2 14.3
35059 Union, NM 3,827 3,830.0 1.0
    570,931 46,613.8  

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate. Total population includes all ages, not just age 16 and older.


CARSON National Forest Local Area
Population age 16 and older by stratum and age group

Population stratum Age 16-34 % Age 35-53 % Age 55+ % All Ages 16+ %
Hispanic males 33,384 38.8 32,274 37.5 20,313 23.6 85,971 19.4
Hispanic females 31,605 36.3 31,870 36.7 23,478 27.0 86,953 19.6
White males 26,094 25.9 39,573 39.3 35,150 34.9 100,817 22.8
White females 25,402 23.5 42,294 39.2 40,278 37.3 107,974 24.4
Black males 939 44.0 848 39.8 346 16.2 2,133 0.5
Black females 560 38.4 554 38.0 344 23.6 1,458 0.3
Native American males 12,224 47.3 9,220 35.7 4,408 17.1 25,852 5.8
Native American females 12,017 43.1 10,162 36.4 5,719 20.5 27,898 6.3
Asian & Pacific Islander males 662 40.2 679 41.3 305 18.5 1,646 0.4
Asian & Pacific Islander females 680 33.9 918 45.7 409 20.4 2,007 0.5
  143,567   168,392   130,750   442,709 100.0

Source: U. S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2004 estimate.
Note: Does not include people who reported being 2 or more races. Hispanics may be of any race, but are included in the two Hispanic rows only. Percentages for the three age groups sum across to 100. May not equal 100.0 exactly due to rounding.