Harding County, New Mexico

Harding County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 810, the lowest in the state. Its is. The county is named for, and was created (from part of ) on the day of his inauguration as President on ,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,506 (2,126 ). 5,505 km² (2,125 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water. It is divided between a high, nearly treeless to the northwest (the southern limit of the ), and a lower   to the southeast, by the eastern portion of the steep and desiccated. The, in a deep and narrow , forms the western border with ; the southwest border runs along the edge of the land in. The eastern part of Harding County is underlain in part by the Bravo Dome  field, which is commercially extracted. The county has suffered from repeated and consequent  since the.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 810 people, 371 households, and 231 families residing in the county. The was 0/km² (0/sq mi). There were 545 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.32%, 0.37% or , 1.36% , 10.62% from , and 3.33% from two or more races. 44.94% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 371 households out of which 22.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.60% were living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.50% were non-families. 35.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.20% under the age of 18, 4.60% from 18 to 24, 18.80% from 25 to 44, 28.10% from 45 to 64, and 28.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,111, and the median income for a family was $36,667. Males had a median income of $22,750 versus $15,750 for females. The for the county was $16,240. About 12.90% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the, including 31.30% of those under age 18 and 11.30% of those age 65 or over.