Las Maravillas 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 Valencia 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 1,628 as of the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, Las Maravillas has a total area of , of which is water.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, 1628 people were living in Las Maravillas. The

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was 615.04 inhabitants per km. Of the 1628 inhabitants, Las Maravillas was composed by 79.48% White, 1.04% were

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, 2.33% were Native American, 0.61% were Asian, 0.31% were Pacific Islanders, 11.3% were of other races and 4.91% from two or more races. Of the total population 47.79% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Education

The majority of Las Maravillas is in Los Lunas Public Schools, while a portion is in Belen Consolidated Schools.

Belén High School Belén High School (BHS) is a public high school located in Belen, Valencia County, New Mexico. Part of Belén Consolidated Schools, it was established in 1916 as the first public high school in Valencia County. Attendance zone Within Valenci ...

is the Belén district's comprehensive high school.

References

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