McKinley County, New Mexico

McKinley County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 74,798. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 14,129 (5,455 ). 14,112 km² (5,449 sq mi) of it is land and 17 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.12%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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 * - east
 * - south
 * - west

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 491.svg|25px]] (formerly [[Image:US 666.svg|25px]])
 * New Mexico Highway 264
 * New Mexico Highway 371
 * New Mexico Highway 602

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 74,798 people, 21,476 households, and 16,686 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 26,718 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 16.39%, 0.40% or , 74.72% , 0.46% , 0.04% , 5.47% from , and 2.52% from two or more races. 12.40% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 21,476 households out of which 46.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.70% were living together, 22.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.30% were non-families. 19.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 38.00% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 17.60% from 45 to 64, and 6.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,005, and the median income for a family was $26,806. Males had a median income of $26,963 versus $21,014 for females. The for the county was $9,872. About 31.90% of families and 36.10% of the population were below the, including 42.30% of those under age 18 and 31.50% of those age 65 or over. The county's makes it one of the.

McKinley County is one of only 38 county-level census divisions of the United States where the most spoken language is not English and one of only 3 where it is neither English nor Spanish. 45.75% of the population speak at home, followed by English at 38.87%,  at 9.03%, and Spanish at 5.72%.