Pueblo Pintado () is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 318 at the 2020 census,

Geography

The community is in northeastern McKinley County, bordered by

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and

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counties to the north. It is served by Navajo Route 9, which leads southwest to

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and southeast to Torreon.

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, the McKinley

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, is by road to the southwest, while

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, with the post office that serves Pueblo Pintado, is to the east. According to the

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, the Pueblo Pintado CDP has a total area of , all land. The community is in the valley of

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, which runs through

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to the northwest and eventually joins the San Juan River near

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Pueblo Pintado Great House

The ruins of an

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Great House stand northwest of the center of the community and east of

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, as part of the

area. The name ''Pueblo Pintado'' is Spanish for "painted village", named by a guide during an 1849 expedition. The great house is estimated to have had 90 rooms and 14 to 16

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s; there is a great kiva to the south with an interior diameter of . Tree ring dating puts the construction of Pueblo Pintado at 1060-1061 AD, during the height of the Chacoan construction period. The great house is now part of

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Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 247 people in 72 households, including 52 families, in the CDP. The population density was . There were 106 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.69% Native American, 9.31% White and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40%. Of the 72 households 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.3% were married couples living together, 27.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 25.0% of households were one person and 2.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.43 and the average family size was 4.25. The age distribution was 41.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% 65 or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males. The median household income was $14,583 and the median family income was $18,750. Males had a median income of $0 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $7,760. About 50.0% of families and 64.3% of the population were below the

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, including 89.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 66.7% of those sixty five or over.

Education

Pueblo Pintado Community School, a

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, is operated by the

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(BIE). The community is within the

Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) is a school district based in Gallup, New Mexico which serves students from Gallup and surrounding areas of McKinley County. History Prior to 1980, the district had of land. That year parts left to form t ...

. Tseʼ Yiʼ Gai High School is near the CDP. Zoned schools are: Crownpoint Elementary School in

Crownpoint Crownpoint () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population was 2,900 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,278 in 2010. It is located along the Trail of ...

, Crownpoint Middle School in Crownpoint, and Tseʼ Yiʼ Gai High School. - KML files
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