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Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. [6] A substantial percentage of its population is Native American , with residents from the Navajo , Hopi , and Zuni tribes.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 13 micropolitan statistical areas in New Mexico. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA , comprising the area around New Mexico's largest city of Albuquerque as well as its capital, Santa Fe .
McKinley County is a county in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 72,902. [1] Its county seat is Gallup. [2] The county was created in 1901 and named for President William McKinley. [3] McKinley County is Gallup's micropolitan statistical area.
According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, villages and an incorporated county. [3]
1864: Edward Canby ordered Colonel Kit Carson to bring four companies of the First New Mexico Volunteers to the fort to "control" the Navajo. 1864–1866: It was the staging point for the Navajo deportation known as the Long Walk of the Navajo. 1865: The New Mexico Military District had 3,089 troops, 135 of them at Fort Wingate.
New Mexico has the fifth lowest per capita income in the United States of America, at $17,261 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $25,541 (2003). New Mexico counties ranked by per capita income
Independent, formerly The Gallup Independent is a daily newspaper in Gallup, New Mexico, covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The newspaper is published six days a week – Monday through Saturday. The Independent's motto is "The Truth Well Told". The newspaper covers Gallup and the surrounding communities of ...
In Summer 1994 the Ramah tribal government and the governments of Cibola County and McKinley County agreed to have two bus stops on the Ramah Navajo reservation, with one at the chapter house and another at a point to the south; this was approved by Alan Morgan, the New Mexico State Superintendent of Education. Area parents disliked the new bus ...