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Catron County

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Catron County, New Mexico
100 Main St
Reserve, NM 87830
Phone: (505) 533-6423
Fax: (505) 533-6433
www.mylocalgov.com/catroncountynm/Index.asp

On the central western border of NM, southwest of Albuquerque; organized Feb 25, 1921 from Socorro County. Name Origin: For Thomas Benton Catron (1840-1921), Confederate officer during the Civil War and U.S. senator from NM (1912-17).

Area (sq mi): 6929.03 (land 6927.81; water 1.22). Pop per sq mi: 0.50.
Pop 2005: 3,409. State rank: 31. Pop change: 2000-20005 -3.80%; 1990-2000 38.20%. Pop 2000: 3,543 (White 75.80%; Black or African American 0.30%; Hispanic or Latino 19.20%; Asian 0.70%; Other 11.30%). Foreign born: 1.60%. Median age: 47.80.
Income 2000: per capita $13,951; median household $23,892; Pop below poverty level: 24.50%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $14,377-$16,303.
Unemployment 2004: 7.50%. Change from 2000: 0.70%. Median travel time to work: 25.00 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 16.70%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.


See other counties in New Mexico.


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As something of a circuit-riding pharmacist, the 54-year-old Santa Fean spends 50 to 60 hours a week on those dusty roads carrying medicine to small clinics in places like the Navajo Reservation, the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico or sprawling Catron County, which has no pharmacy at all.
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A few years ago the Catron County Citizens Group began working with the Forest Service on a blueprint to thin ponderosa pine across the entire county.
 
 
 
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