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Population (year 2000): 2,623
Males: 1,259  (48.0%)
Females: 1,364  (52.0%)

Rio Arriba County

Median resident age:  25.1 years
New Mexico median age:  34.6 years

Zip codes: 87528.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $25,900 (it was $26,818 in 2000)
Dulce  $25,900
New Mexico:  $37,492

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $59,100 (it was $50,500 in 2000)
Dulce  $59,100
New Mexico:  $125,500

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Races in Dulce:

  • American Indian (92.0%)
  • Hispanic (11.7%)
  • Other race (4.3%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (2.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Dulce: 77.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 6769 feet

Land area: 12.9 square miles.

Population density: 203 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Dulce

  • High school or higher: 77.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
  • Unemployed: 14.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 8.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dulce CDP

  • Never married: 45.8%
  • Now married: 38.7%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 3.9%
  • Divorced: 10.2%

11 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.4%
New Mexico:  8.2%



According to our research there were 4 registered sex offenders living in Dulce, New Mexico in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Dulce to the number of sex offenders is 656 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Dulce:  0.5% ($259)
New Mexico:  0.6% ($699)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Santa Fe, NM (112.7 miles , pop. 62,203).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (129.1 miles , pop. 448,607).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (421.7 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Pagosa Springs, CO (22.8 miles ), Jicarilla, NM (26.5 miles ), Chama, NM (28.0 miles ), Arboles, CO (30.2 miles ), Tierra Amarilla, NM (36.2 miles ), Western Rio Arriba, NM (41.2 miles ), Ignacio, CO (46.0 miles ), Bayfield, CO (46.5 miles ).

Latitude: 36.94 N, Longitude: 106.99 W


19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Area code: 505

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Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (26%)
  • Construction (16%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Mining (7%)
  • Gasoline stations (3%)
  • Health care (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Public administration (31%)
  • Educational services (18%)
  • Social assistance (11%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Construction (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
  • Top executives (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
  • Child care workers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Dulce:
  • MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF DURANGO (about 65 miles; DURANGO, CO)
  • RIO GRANDE HOSPITAL - CAH (about 69 miles; DEL NORTE, CO)
  • CONEJOS COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH (about 69 miles; LA JARA, CO)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dulce:
  • DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (about 55 miles; DURANGO, CO; ID: DRO)
  • SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL/BERGMAN FIELD (about 86 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; ID: ALS)
  • FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL (about 87 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; ID: FMN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dulce:
  • JICARILLA APACHE NATION (about 12 miles; DULCE, NM; ID: 24N)
  • STEVENS FIELD (about 23 miles; PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO; ID: 2V1)
  • LINDRITH AIRPARK (about 46 miles; LINDRITH, NM; ID: E32)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dulce:
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 65 miles; DURANGO, CO; Full-time enrollment: 4,051)
  • SAN JUAN COLLEGE (about 81 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; FT enrollment: 2,837)
  • ADAMS STATE COLLEGE (about 86 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; FT enrollment: 4,147)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 122 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ALBUQUERQUE NM CAMPUS (about 127 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 3,261)
  • ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE (about 131 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 9,188)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO-MAIN CAMPUS (about 133 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 18,780)
Public high school in Dulce:
  • DULCE HIGH (Students: 201; Location: 1 HAWK DRIVE; Grades: 09-12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Dulce:
  • DULCE ELEM (Students: 287; Location: 1 HAWK DRIVE; Grades: KG-05)
  • DULCE MIDDLE (Students: 167; Location: 1 HAWK DRIVE; Grades: 06-08)
Library in Dulce:
  • JICARILLA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $84,481; Location: PO BOX 1100; 6,125 books; 50 audio materials; 200 video materials; 31 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Dulce: Dulce Weather Station (A), Jicarilla Apache Historic District (B), Jicarilla Library (C), Jicarilla Museum (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Dulce include: Jicarilla Apache Reformed Church (A), Dulce Assembly of God Church (B), Dulce Baptist Indian Mission (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Wirt Cemetery (1), Gomez Cemetery (2), Martinez Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Dulce Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creek: Dulce Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Dulce: Jicarilla Apache Reservation Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Dulce Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotel: Best Western Jicarilla Inn (US 64 Jicarilla Boulevard) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  3.3 people
New Mexico:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  76.4%
Whole state:  68.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  14.0%
Whole state:  6.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  29.5%
Whole state:  18.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  15.8%
Whole state:  7.8%

Dulce compared to New Mexico state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Dulce (2007 data):
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Dulce Branch at 614 Hawks Drive, branch established on 1996-07-22. Info updated 2007-02-13: Bank assets: $398,671.0 mil, Deposits: $311,546.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 3239 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company



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2004 Presidential Election results in Rio Arriba County New Mexico:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,475 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.22%
New Mexico average:  7.94%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Santa Fe County, NM  1.46% ($28,081 average AGI)
from Bernalillo County, NM  0.61% ($23,036)
from San Juan County, NM  0.57% ($22,429)


5.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,437 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.64%
New Mexico average:  7.42%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Santa Fe County, NM  1.42% ($28,784 average AGI)
to Bernalillo County, NM  0.90% ($26,033)
to San Juan County, NM  0.51% ($20,429)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dulce:
  • KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KWUF (1400 AM; 1 kW; PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WOLF CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KIUP (930 AM; 5 kW; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KENN (1390 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KNDN (960 AM; 5 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: BASIN BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KRZE (1280 AM; 5 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: J. THOMAS DEVELOPMENT OF NM, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dulce:
  • KCIE (90.5 FM; DULCE, NM; Owner: JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE)
  • K287AA (105.3 FM; PAGOSA SPRINGS, ETC., CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
  • KWUF-FM (106.3 FM; PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WOLF CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K244DO (96.7 FM; ALAMOSA, ETC., CO; Owner: SAN LUIS VALLEY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KIQX (101.3 FM; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTINGS, LLC)
  • KUTE (90.1 FM; IGNACIO, CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
  • K210BA (89.9 FM; PURGATORY, ETC., CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
  • K223AF (92.5 FM; PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO; Owner: PROCLAIMING CHRIST'S LOVE MINISTRIES)

TV broadcast stations around Dulce:
  • K30EK (Channel 30; DULCE & LUMBERTON, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
  • K26EP (Channel 26; DULCE/LUMBERTON, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • K28ER (Channel 28; DULCE & LUMBERTON, NM; Owner: KOAT HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K22GE (Channel 22; DULCE, NM; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)

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