Cuyamungue is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 479 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 421 people, 154 households, and 121 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 165 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 61.05%

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, 1.90% Native American, 31.59% from other races, and 5.46% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 83.37% of the population. There were 154 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were

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living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.00. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,958, and the median income for a family was $47,969. Males had a median income of $41,000 versus $29,196 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,887. About 3.6% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the

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, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

It is zoned to Pojoaque Valley Schools. Pojoaque Valley High School is the zoned comprehensive high school.

Etymology

From

Tewa The Tewa are a linguistic group of Pueblo people, Pueblo Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture. Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of San ...

language, ''kooya mooghay-ong-wee'', "place where the Spanish live near." Don

Diego de Vargas Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (1643–1704), commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mex ...

was here in September 1692. An early spelling of the name, ''Cullamunque'', was recorded by the Public Record Office of

New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( ; Nahuatl: ''Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl''), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several ...

dated August 23, 1719.Pearce, T.M.,editor, ''New Mexico Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary'', University of New Mexico Press 1965.

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