- State:New MexicoCounty:Rio Arriba CountyZips:87554,87515,87516,87518,87533,87581,87523,87548,87539,87012,87017,87029,87551,87531,87537,87530,87549,87511,87578,87527,87582,87510,87575,87566,87522,87528,87520,87532Coordinates:36.509580115742864, -106.69308381690749Area total:5896.19 sq. mi., 15271.06 sq. km, 3773560.32 acresArea land:5860.87 sq. mi., 15179.59 sq. km, 3750958.72 acresArea water:35.32 sq. mi., 91.47 sq. km, 22601.60 acresEstablished:1852Capital seat:
Tierra Amarilla
Address: 1122 Industrial Park Rd
County Annex Building
Espanola, NM 87532-3453
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
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- Population:40,363; Population change: 0.29% (2010 - 2020)Population density:6.89 persons per square mileHousehold income:$39,074Households:15,759Unemployment rate:8.10% per 16,816 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.06%Income taxes:5.30%GDP:$1.41 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Rio Arriba County's population of New Mexico of 21,381 residents in 1930 has increased 1,89-fold to 40,363 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.83% female residents and 49.17% male residents live in as of 2020, 51.43% in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico are married and the remaining 48.57% are single population.
As of 2020, 51.43% in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico are married and the remaining 48.57% are single population.
- Housing units:19,545 residential units of which 82.49% share occupied residential units.
31 minutes is the average time that residents in Rio Arriba County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
69.85% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 19.98% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.35% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.64% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 68.54% are owner-occupied homes, another 15.10% are rented apartments, and the remaining 16.36% are vacant.
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The 61.43% of the population in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 24.120%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 74.990%) of those eligible to vote in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
