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Cuba, New Mexico

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Sandoval

FIPS code
  
35-19150

Elevation
  
2,105 m

Zip code
  
87013

Local time
  
Sunday 11:55 PM

State
  
New Mexico

Time zone
  
Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)

GNIS feature ID
  
0915817

Area
  
3.3 km²

Population
  
734 (2013)

Area code
  
575

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Weather
  
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Cuba is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 735. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. A fast-growing town located off the busy 550 highway, Cuba has a large amount of new construction, and several hotels, restaurants and bars.

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Map of Cuba, NM 87013, USA

Geography

Cuba is located at 36°1′6″N 106°57′35″W (36.018325, -106.959642).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 590 people, 222 households, and 152 families residing in the village. The population density was 465.3 people per square mile (179.4/km²). There were 290 housing units at an average density of 228.7 per square mile (88.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 44.07% White, 0.17% African American, 26.78% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 23.90% from other races, and 4.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 60.34% of the population.

There were 222 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the village, the population was spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $21,538, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $11,192. About 36.5% of families and 41.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 54.1% of those under age 18 and 40.0% of those age 65 or over.

National Christmas Tree

The National Christmas Tree for 2005 was harvested from the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba.

Things to Do

Sandoval County Fair July 28 thru August 3 every year. http://www.sandovalfair.org/

References

Cuba, New Mexico Wikipedia