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Dora, New Mexico

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Roosevelt

FIPS code
  
35-21180

Elevation
  
1,308 m

Zip code
  
88115

Population
  
132 (2013)

State
  
New Mexico

Time zone
  
Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)

GNIS feature ID
  
0888464

Area
  
7.3 km²

Local time
  
Friday 6:24 AM

Area code
  
575

Dora, New Mexico

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 24 km/h, 74% Humidity

Dora is a village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census.

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Map of Dora, NM, USA

Former Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball coach Larry Hays attended school in Dora.

Geography

Dora is located at 33°55′53″N 103°20′15″W (33.931279, -103.337472).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 130 people, 43 households, and 36 families residing in the village. The population density was 46.2 people per square mile (17.8/km²). There were 52 housing units at an average density of 18.5 per square mile (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 86.15% White, 2.31% Native American, 11.54% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.77% of the population.

There were 43 households out of which 53.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.4% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.0% were non-families. 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the village, the population was spread out with 37.7% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $38,333, and the median income for a family was $40,417. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,831. There were 10.8% of families and 8.7% of the population living below the poverty line, including 8.0% of under eighteens and 5.6% of those over 64.

References

Dora, New Mexico Wikipedia