Los Alamos County, New Mexico
2300 Trinity Dr Rm 230
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Phone: (505) 662-8080
Fax: (505) 662-8079
www.lac-nm.us
In north-central NM, northwest of Santa Fe; organized Mar 16, 1949 from Sandoval and Santa Fe counties. Site of the Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb. Name Origin: For its county seat, itself named for the Los Alamos School for Boys, established 1925 by Ashley Pond; form Spanish 'poplars' or 'cottonwoods.'
Area (sq mi): 109.35 (land 109.35; water 0.00). Pop per sq mi: 172.10.
Pop 2005: 18,822. State rank: 20. Pop change: 2000-20005 2.60%; 1990-2000 1.30%. Pop 2000: 18,343 (White 82.10%; Black or African American 0.40%; Hispanic or Latino 11.70%; Asian 3.80%; Other 5.60%). Foreign born: 6.70%. Median age: 40.80.
Income 2000: per capita $34,646; median household $78,993; Pop below poverty level: 2.90%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $41,687-$48,541.
Unemployment 2004: 2.80%. Change from 2000: 1.80%. Median travel time to work: 15.20 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 3.60%.
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Phone: (505) 662-8080
Fax: (505) 662-8079
www.lac-nm.us
In north-central NM, northwest of Santa Fe; organized Mar 16, 1949 from Sandoval and Santa Fe counties. Site of the Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb. Name Origin: For its county seat, itself named for the Los Alamos School for Boys, established 1925 by Ashley Pond; form Spanish 'poplars' or 'cottonwoods.'
Area (sq mi): 109.35 (land 109.35; water 0.00). Pop per sq mi: 172.10.
Pop 2005: 18,822. State rank: 20. Pop change: 2000-20005 2.60%; 1990-2000 1.30%. Pop 2000: 18,343 (White 82.10%; Black or African American 0.40%; Hispanic or Latino 11.70%; Asian 3.80%; Other 5.60%). Foreign born: 6.70%. Median age: 40.80.
Income 2000: per capita $34,646; median household $78,993; Pop below poverty level: 2.90%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $41,687-$48,541.
Unemployment 2004: 2.80%. Change from 2000: 1.80%. Median travel time to work: 15.20 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 3.60%.
Cities with population over 10,000: None.
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