Navajo
The Navajo or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language.
The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (1 ...
community and
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 ...
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
, United States. The population was 789 at the 2010 census. It is named after
Round Rock
Round Rock is a city in Williamson County, Texas, Williamson and Travis County, Texas, United States, part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 according to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
The city stra ...
, a nearby
mesa
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.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.68%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 601 people, 144 households, and 127 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 242 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.7% Native American, with 0.3%
White
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Hispanic
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or Latino of any race.
There were 144 households, out of which 56.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 29.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.8% were non-families. 10.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.2 and the average family size was 4.6.
In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 44.3% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 13.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $16,328, and the median income for a family was $20,833. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,250 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $4,688. About 51.9% of families and 57.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 48.7% of those under age 18 and 64.7% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Almost all of the CDP is a part of the
Red Mesa Unified School District
Red Mesa Unified School District #27 is a public school district headquartered in Red Mesa, unincorporated Apache County, Arizona, near Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Nation.Red Mesa High School
Red Mesa High School is a high school in Red Mesa in an unincorporated area of Apache County, Arizona,
. Round Rock Elementary/Junior High is located on the Navajo Reservation right off of Arizona State Highway 191. A small portion is within the Chinle Unified School District, – Chinle USD is depicted on page 1 an 2 while Round Rock USD is depicted only on page 1. which operates Chinle High School.
Originally all of the territory was within the Chinle School District. In July 1983 the Red Mesa Unified School District formed, splitting from the Chinle School District.History of Red Mesa Schools "