La Mesilla is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in Río Arriba County,

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

, United States. Its population was 1,772 as of the 2010 census. In 1870, a family from La Mesilla was ambushed and killed by Mexicans disguised as Native Americans.

Geography

According to the

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, La Mesilla has a total area of 17.67 square kilometers, of which 17.57 km is land and (0.82%) 0.1 km is water.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, 1772 people were living in La Mesilla. The population density was 151.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Of the 1772 inhabitants, La Mesilla was composed by 68.34% White, 0.34% were

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, 1.35% were Native American, 0.4% were Asian, 0% were

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, the 25.62% were of other races and 3.95% from two or more races. Of the total population 73.36% were

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of any race

Education

It is in

Española Public Schools Española Public School District #55 (EPSD) or Española Public Schools (EPS) is a school district based in Española, New Mexico, United States, USA. It includes sections of Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County. In the year 2000 the district ...

. The comprehensive public high school is

Española Valley High School Española Valley High School (EVHS) is a Title-1 Public school (government funded), public senior high school of the Española Public Schools District, located in Española, New Mexico. Nearly 97% of the student body is made up of Minority group, ...

References

Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub