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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $332 (0.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Colfax County is $431 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $485 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $612 a month.
Cities in this county include: Raton
, Springer
, Angel Fire
, Cimarron
, Eagle Nest
, Maxwell
.
Neighboring
counties: Harding County
, Costilla County, Colorado
, Mora County
, Taos County
, Union County
, Las Animas County, Colorado
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Colfax County: W
S Ranch
(A),
W S Ranch Camp
(B),
Waldoguara
(C),
Demcheck
(D),
Apache Springs Camp
(E),
Dennis
(F),
Christmas
(G),
Denton
(H),
Hinston
(I),
Aragon
(J),
Wheeler
(K),
Archuleta Windmill
(L),
Cimarron Campground
(M),
Armstrong Camp
(N),
Cimarroncita
(O),
Cimarroncito Base Camp
(P),
Cimarroncito Camp
(Q),
Windmill Bremmer Camp
(R),
Window Rock
(S),
Doherty
(T)
Churches in Colfax County include: San
Antonio Church
(A),
Palo Blanco Church
(B),
Saint Johns Church
(C)
Cemeteries: Pacheco
Cemetery
(1),
Herrera Cemetery
(2),
Mountainview Cemetery
(3),
Mountain View Cemetery
(4),
Wilson Cemetery
(5),
Black Lake Cemetery
(6),
Hollenbeck Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Dry
Laguna
(A),
Rimrock Lake
(B),
Eight, Lake
(C),
Doris, Lake
(D),
Cassan Lake
(E),
Adams Lake
(F),
Ingram Lake
(G),
Capulin Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dry
Arroyo
(A),
Vermejo River
(B),
Little Water Creek
(C),
Leandro Creek
(D),
Ponil Creek
(E),
Porcupine Creek
(F),
Parker Arroyo
(G),
Lawrence Arroyo
(H),
West Hills Arroyo
(I)
Parks in Colfax County include: Folsom
Archaeological Site Historical Marker
(1),
Folsom State Monument
(2),
Point of Rocks Historical Marker
(3),
Philmont Scout Ranch Historical Marker
(4),
Garcia Park
(5),
Clifton House Site Historical Marker
(6),
Dorsey Mansion State Monument
(7),
View of the Rocks Historical Marker
(8),
Elizabethtown Historical Marker
(9)
Post offices: Stern
Post Office
(A),
Hebron Post Office
(B),
Willow Springs Post Office
(C),
Ute Park Post Office
(D)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.3% | | New
Mexico: | 3.3% |
Current college students: 324
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 317 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Colfax
County: |
2.2% | | Whole
state: | 8.2% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 40
- 1990
to 1994: 74
- 1985
to 1989: 39
- 1980
to 1984: 14
- 1975
to 1979: 14
- 1970
to 1974: 23
- 1970
to 1974: 11
- 1965
to 1969: 102
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Mean travel time to work: 16.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 6,102
- One,
attached: 230
- Two:
202
- 3
or 4: 237
- 5
to 9: 314
- 10
to 19: 216
- 20
or more: 168
- Mobile
homes: 1,470
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 20
Housing units in Colfax County with a mortgage: 1,232 (79 second mortgage, 129 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,467 Agriculture
in Colfax County
Average size of farms: 7804 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $72303
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 95.71%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $71658
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $54774
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.27%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.77
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.12%Colfax
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above New Mexico state average. It is 7.1 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 48 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/25/1960, a tornado injured 34 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(16%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Mining
(4%)
- Metal
and metal products (4%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Accommodation
and food services (17%)
- Educational
services (16%)
- Health
care (14%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Personal
and laundry services (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(48%)
- Germany
(13%)
- Lebanon
(8%)
- Italy
(8%)
- United
Kingdom (6%)
- Japan
(3%)
- Korea
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Colfax County:
|
- German
(9%)
- United
States or American (8%)
- English
(7%)
- Irish
(6%)
- Italian
(5%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,229 (71%)
- Carpooled:
1,068 (18%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 27 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
3 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
15 (0%)
- Bicycle:
7 (0%)
- Walked:
266 (4%)
- Other
means: 20 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 328 (6%)
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People
in group quarters in Colfax County, New Mexico
- 217
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 139
people in nursing homes
- 19
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 11
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 10
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 9
people in halfway houses
- 8
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 2
people in religious group quarters
- 2
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,614.
6.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,548 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.85% | | New
Mexico average: | 7.94% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.09% relocated from other counties in New Mexico ($12,886 average AGI)
4.77% relocated from other states ($24,663 average AGI)
| Colfax
County: |
4.77% | | New
Mexico average: |
4.63% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Bernalillo County, NM
|
0.60% ($24,034 average AGI) |
| from
Las Animas County, CO
|
0.27% ($37,615) |
| from
Taos County, NM
|
0.23% ($157,909) |
7.92% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,724 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.92% | | New
Mexico average: |
7.42% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.63% relocated to other counties in New Mexico ($10,088 average AGI)
5.29% relocated to other states ($19,637 average AGI)
| Colfax
County: |
5.29% | | New
Mexico average: |
4.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Bernalillo County, NM
|
0.65% ($29,031 average AGI) |
| to
Las Animas County, CO
|
0.39% ($28,789) |
| to
Pueblo County, CO
|
0.35% ($25,353) |
| to
El Paso County, CO
|
0.31% ($26,533) |
| to
Taos County, NM
|
0.31% ($35,800) |
| to
San Miguel County, NM
|
0.22% ($24,727) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6
Births
per 1000 population in Colfax County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Colfax County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Colfax County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,610 (2,262 aged, 348 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 13,767
- In
family households: 11,754 (3,229 male householders, 775 female householders)
3,088
spouses, 3,889 children (3,539 natural, 92 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 268 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 105 other relatives, 287 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,013 (903 male householders (767 living alone)), 892 female householders (839 living alone)), 218 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 422 (401 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,057 2-persons, 837 3-persons, 684 4-persons, 324 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,606 1-person, 164 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 1 5-persons.
2,171 married couples with children.
935 single-parent households (307 men, 628 women).
73.4% of residents of Colfax County speak English at home.
25.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $98,225,000 ($7102 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,829,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $43,688,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $16,615,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $866,000
Federal grants: $28,258,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,448,000 ($2,755,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,351,000 ($2,676,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,453,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,660,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,662,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 813
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: | 74
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 704
| Here: |
51 per 1000 residents | | State: |
36 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +35
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +15
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -554
| Here: |
-40 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+5 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Colfax County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.89 millions of gallons per day (24% from ground, 76% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 365
- 1995
to 1998: 830
- 1990
to 1994: 609
- 1980
to 1989: 1,826
- 1970
to 1979: 1,438
- 1960
to 1969: 673
- 1950
to 1959: 859
- 1940
to 1949: 702
- 1939
or earlier: 1,657
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Colfax County, New Mexico: |
- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 83
- 3
rooms: 164
- 4
rooms: 616
- 5
rooms: 1,270
- 6
rooms: 926
- 7
rooms: 522
- 8
rooms: 323
- 9
or more rooms: 318
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Colfax County, New Mexico: |
- 1
room: 19
- 2
rooms: 85
- 3
rooms: 291
- 4
rooms: 442
- 5
rooms: 422
- 6
rooms: 172
- 7
rooms: 85
- 8
rooms: 43
- 9
or more rooms: 29
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Colfax County:
|
- no
bedroom: 13
- 1
bedroom: 231
- 2
bedrooms: 1,204
- 3
bedrooms: 2,126
- 4
bedrooms: 514
- 5
or more bedrooms: 145
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Colfax County:
|
- no
bedroom: 41
- 1
bedroom: 369
- 2
bedrooms: 642
- 3
bedrooms: 428
- 4
bedrooms: 83
- 5
or more bedrooms: 25
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Colfax County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 165
- 1
vehicle: 1,064
- 2
vehicles: 1,808
- 3
vehicles: 875
- 4
vehicles: 247
- 5
or more vehicles: 74
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Colfax County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 198
- 1
vehicle: 718
- 2
vehicles: 537
- 3
vehicles: 108
- 4
vehicles: 25
- 5
or more vehicles: 2
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57% of Colfax County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in New Mexico.
| Colfax
County: |
57.0% | | State
average: |
55.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 8647
- Northeast:
334
- Midwest:
1027
- South:
1681
- West:
2133
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (52%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity
(8%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Solar
energy (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (60%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity
(12%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: |
4.6% | | New
Mexico: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: |
6.8% | | New
Mexico: | 7.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 56
| Here: |
21.3% | | New
Mexico: |
11.9% |
Colfax
County government finances in 2002:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $1,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $13,451,000
All Other: $184,000
Solid Waste Management: $176,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $13,037,000
Corrections - Other: $630,000
Regular Highways: $630,000
Police Protection: $501,000
Financial Administration: $408,000
Solid Waste Management: $269,000
Natural Resources - Other: $259,000
Central Staff Services: $242,000
General Public Buildings: $221,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $165,000
General - Other: $156,000
Fire Protection: $125,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $52,000
Air Transportation: $45,000
Health Services - Other: $10,000
Housing & Community Development: $6,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $166,000
Highways: $10,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $32,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $76,000
Welfare: $34,000
Libraries: $4,000
Health: $2,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $536,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $150,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $386,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $89,000
General Revenue, NEC: $17,000
Property Sale Other: $4,000
Special Assessments: $1,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Corrections - Other: $244,000
Regular Highways: $218,000
Police Protection: $44,000
Health - Other: $30,000
Central Staff: $29,000
Fire Protection: $26,000
Financial Administration: $12,000
General Public Building: $6,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,523,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $536,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $516,000
All Other: $316,000
Highways: $311,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,677,000
Total General Sales: $319,000
Other Selective Sales: $90,000
NEC: $32,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $8,563,000
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