Bloomfield, New Mexico Bloomfield, New Mexico Location inside County (left) and State (right) Location inside County (left) and State (right) Bloomfield, New Mexico is positioned in the US Bloomfield, New Mexico - Bloomfield, New Mexico State New Mexico Bloomfield (Navajo: Naabi ani) is a town/city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. In April 2007, Bloomfield thriving consideration and some controversy when the town/city council voted unanimously to erect a contemporary monument of the Ten Commandments at the town/city hall. In August 2014, a federal judge ruled the monument must be removed. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.1 square miles (13 km2), of which, 5.0 square miles (13 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.99%) is water.
There were 2,222 homeholds out of which 42.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 32.4% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,905, and the median income for a family was $34,760.
About 15.2% of families and 14.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.
The town/city of Bloomfield and non-urban areas in eastern/southeastern San Juan County are served by Bloomfield Schools.
The Salmon Ruins pueblo and exhibition are positioned just to the west of the town/city along Highway 64.
Other close-by attractions include the Aztec Ruins, about 15 miles to the north in the town of Aztec, and the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, approximately 50 miles to the south.
New Mexico Tourism Department.
Judge: Ten Commandments monument at New Mexico town/city hall must be removed; Fox News; August 8, 2014.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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