Editing Navajo, New Mexico

{{Short description|Census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|official_name            = Navajo, New Mexico
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 1942
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|postal_code              = 87328
|area_code                = [[Area code 505|505]]
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|blank_info               = 35-51420
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'''Navajo''' ({{langx|nv|'''{{spell-nv|Niʼiijíhí}}'''}}) is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) on the [[Navajo Nation]] in [[McKinley County, New Mexico|McKinley County]], [[New Mexico]], United States. The population was 1,942 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 1,645 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US3551420&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race – Navajo CDP, New Mexico: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
The community is in northwestern McKinley County, on the east side of the valley of [[Black Creek (Arizona)|Black Creek]]. Its southwestern corner is bordered to the west by [[Apache County, Arizona]]. The community is served by Navajo Routes 12 and 31. Route 12 leads south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Fort Defiance, Arizona]], and north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[New Mexico State Road 134]] in [[Crystal, New Mexico|Crystal]], while Route 31 leads east into the [[Chuska Mountains]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Navajo CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.25|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> Black Creek forms the western edge of the CDP and flows south-southwest to join the [[Puerco River]], part of the [[Little Colorado River]] watershed, near [[Houck, Arizona]].

[[Red Lake (Arizona–New Mexico)|Red Lake]] is just north of the Navajo CDP limits.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|2000= 2097
|2010= 1645
|2020= 1942
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:35&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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! Largest ancestries (2000)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=NAVAJO, NM  ANCESTRY & FAMILY HISTORY |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=281507 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212718/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=281507 |archive-date=2017-02-26 |access-date=19 Jun 2023 |website=Epodunk}}</ref> !! Percent 
|-
| [[Navajo]] || align=right | 95.0%
|-
| [[German Americans|German]] || align=right | 1.0%
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| [[Pueblo people|Pueblo]] || align=right | 1.0%
|}
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! Languages (2000) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=35&place_id=51420&cty_id=|title=Data Center Results}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2000&geo=&state_id=35&county_id=&mode=&lang_id=&zip=&place_id=51420&cty_id=&region_id=&division_id=&ll=&ea=y&order=&a=y&pc=1|title = Data Center Results}}</ref> !! Percent 
|-
| Spoke [[Navajo language|Navajo]] at home || align=right | 64.25% 
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| Spoke [[English language|English]] at home || align=right | 35.75%
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| Spoke English "not well" or "not at all" || align=right | 10.27%
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At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 2,097 people, 475 households, and 406 families in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|928.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 560 housing units at an average density of {{convert|247.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 96.42% Native American, 2.86% White, 0.48% from two or more races, and 0.24% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.62%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 475 households 68.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 37.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.5% were non-families. 12.8% of households were one person and 0.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.41 and the average family size was 4.81.

The age distribution was 51.9% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 10.5% from 45 to 64, and 2.0% 65 or older. The median age was 17 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.

The median household income was $14,688 and the median family income  was $12,569. Males had a median income of $21,518 versus $24,083 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $4,551. About 64.0% of families and 67.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 76.0% of those under age 18 and 63.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in [[Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35031_mckinley/DC20SD_C35031.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-07-20}}</ref>

The [[Bureau of Indian Education]] (BIE) operates Crystal Boarding School, a K-6 boarding school, in [[Crystal, New Mexico|Crystal]] (it has a Navajo address).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bie.edu/schools/directory/crystal-boarding-school|title=Crystal Boarding School|publisher=[[Bureau of Indian Education]]|accessdate=2021-07-12}} - [https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/as-ia/pdf/idc1-033506.pdf The maps and surveys here] match a site in Crystal CDP. It is not in Navajo CDP.</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|New Mexico}}
* [[List of census-designated places in New Mexico]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Navajo, New Mexico}}

{{McKinley County, New Mexico}}
{{Communities of the Navajo Nation}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in McKinley County, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in New Mexico]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Navajo Nation]]