San Juan County, New Mexico



San Juan County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. As of 2000, the population was 113,801. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 14,344 (5,538 ). 14,281 km² (5,514 sq mi) of it is land and 63 km² (24 sq mi) of it (0.44%) is water. s (and off-reservation trust lands) comprise 63.4 percent of the county's land area: The takes up 60.45% and the  another 2.93%.

The physical features include three rivers, the San Juan, Animas and the La Plata, volcanic structures, buttes, mesas, badlands, and fertile river valleys.

Adjacent Counties

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Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 64.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:US 491.svg|25px]] (formerly [[Image:US 666.svg|25px]])
 * [[Image:US 550.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:New Mexico 516.svg|25px]] New Mexico State Road 516
 * New Mexico State Road 371

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 113,801 people, 37,711 households, and 28,924 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (21/sq mi). There were 43,221 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 52.83%, 0.44% or , 36.88% , 0.27% , 0.05% , 6.77% from , and 2.78% from two or more races. 14.99% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 37,711 households out of which 42.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were living together, 14.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.30% were non-families. 19.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.43.

In the county the population was spread out with 32.60% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 20.20% from 45 to 64, and 9.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,762, and the median income for a family was $37,382. Males had a median income of $35,066 versus $21,299 for females. The for the county was $14,282. About 18.00% of families and 21.50% of the population were below the, including 26.60% of those under age 18 and 18.20% of those age 65 or over.