Los Lunas, New Mexico Village of Los Lunas Los Lunas Public Library Los Lunas Public Library Location of Los Lunas, New Mexico Location of Los Lunas, New Mexico Village of Los Lunas is positioned in the US Village of Los Lunas - Village of Los Lunas Location in the United States State New Mexico Los Lunas is a village in Valencia County, New Mexico, in the United States.
As of the 2010 census, the village populace is 14,835 inside the village limits due to the new housing developments at El Cerro de Los Lunas (Huning Ranch).
Los Lunas is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The name "Los Lunas" is a partial Anglicization of the name of the Luna family, who originally settled in the region (los Luna, in Spanish).
The initial land grant was made to Don Adrian Luna Candelaria in 1716, but inside two years it was given to the Luna family.
Los Lunas became the governmental center of county in 1876 and became an incorporated village in 1928.
The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone is positioned nearby.
Los Lunas is positioned at 34 48 34 N 106 44 7 W (34.809336, -106.735247). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 10.1 square miles (26.0 km ), all land.
The village lies in the Albuquerque Basin on the west bank of the Rio Grande, and is on State Highway 6, east of Interstate 25.
Climate data for Los Lunas, New Mexico (1981 2010) As of the census of 2000, there were 10,034 citizens , 3,601 homeholds, and 2,689 families residing in the village.
The ethnic makeup of the village was 64.14% White, 1.16% African American, 2.62% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 27.63% from other competitions, and 3.90% from two or more competitions.
The average homehold size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $36,240, and the median income for a family was $37,255.
About 11.6% of families and 13.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Growth was rapid for Los Lunas in the 1990s and early 2000s, with the enrollment of Los Lunas High School reaching nearly 2,500 students around 2004.
In fact, Valencia High School opened in 2006 as a relief valve for that enrollment, but due in part to the recession of the late 2000s, the two schools had a similar enrollment by the end of the decade.
A United States Army Air Force bombing range, used by elements of the 509th Bomb Wing out of Kirtland Army Air Field, later Kirtland Air Force Base, was positioned here amid and after World War II.
Los Lunas' enhance schools are directed by Los Lunas Schools, which includes three high schools, two middle schools, one intermediate school, and ten elementary schools. Another school entitled Family School is a program that allows the combination of enhance school and homeschooling, found on the Daniel Fernandez Elementary Campus. Sal Artiaga, Minor League Baseball president, born in Los Lunas.
Bo Diddley, modern guitarist/legend, lived in Los Lunas in the 1970s.
Anton Docher (aka The Padre of Isleta) served as a priest in Los Lunas amid his long reconstructionin Isleta. On September 14, 2016, Facebook announced their plans to open a data center in Los Lunas. The assembly would start in October 2016, and it will be equipped with the latest in the Open Compute Project hardware designs, protected from the incessant dust storms that occur in New Mexico, and powered by 100% clean and renewable energy through solar and wind plants.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Los Lunas Schools - Home.
"Hello, Los Lunas!".
"Facebook chooses New Mexico over Utah for its newest data center".
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