Gallup [1] [2] ( Eng. Gallup , Navajo Naʼnízhoozhí ) is a city in the southwestern United States , the administrative center of McKinley County, New Mexico . The population of 20209 people (census 2000 ).
| City | |||
| Gallup | |||
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| Gallup | |||
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| A country |  USA | ||
| State | New Mexico | ||
| County | McKinley | ||
| The mayor | Jackie Mackinie | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | |||
| First mention | 1881 | ||
| Area | 34.6 km² | ||
| Center height | 1971 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 7 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 20209 people ( 2000 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +1 505 | ||
| Postcode | |||
| gallupnm.org | |||
The city is located near the border with Navajo Station . Since the sale of alcohol is prohibited on the reservation, many residents of the reservation buy alcohol in Gallup. For many years, the city was a leader in the United States in the number of deaths related to alcohol [3] . In 2014, he was noted in the FBI report as the most dangerous city in New Mexico [4] .
Content
- 1 Geographical location
- 2 population
- 3 Economics
- 4 Climate
- 5 notes
Geographical position
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.6 km². Gallup is located near the Navajo reservation.
Population
| Population census | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | Us. | % ± | |
| 1900 | 2948 | ||
| 1910 | 2264 | -23.2% | |
| 1920 | 3920 | 73.1% | |
| 1930 | 5992 | 52.9% | |
| 1940 | 7041 | 17.5% | |
| 1950 | 9133 | 29.7% | |
| 1960 | 14,089 | 54.3% | |
| 1970 | 14,596 | 3.6% | |
| 1980 | 18 167 | 24.5% | |
| 1990 | 19 154 | 5.4% | |
| 2000 | 20 209 | 5.5% | |
| 2010 | 21 678 | 7.3% | |
| Current 2016 | 22,670 | 4.6% | |
According to the 2010 census, the population of Gallup was 21,678 people (of which 47.8% were men and 52.2% were women), the city had 7,590 households and 5,244 families. In the city there were 8097 buildings with an average density of 234 buildings per square kilometer of land. Racial composition : white - 35.2%, African-Americans - 1.2, Asians - 2.0%, Native Americans - 43.8% [5] .
According to the 2010 census, the city population according to the age range was distributed as follows: 30.5% - residents under the age of 18, 4.4% - between 18 and 21 years old, 54.4% - from 21 to 65 years old and 10.7% - at the age of 65 years and older. The average age of the population is 31.9 years. For every 100 females in Gallup, there are 91.5 males, while for 100 adult females there are already 86.4 males of comparable age [5] .
Of the 7590 households, 69.1% were families: 40.1% of couples living together (18.4% with children under 18 years of age); 21.4% are women living without husbands and 7.6% are men living without wives. 30.9% did not have a family. On average, 2.79 people conduct households, and the average family size is 3.34 people. Alone lived 25.4% of the population, 7.9% were lonely elderly people (over 65 years old) [5] .
Economics
In 2016, out of 15,755 people over 16 had 8349 jobs. At the same time, men had a median income of $ 40,711 a year, compared to $ 31,978 of the average annual income for women. In 2014, the median income for a family was estimated at $ 58,996, for a household - at $ 38,646. The per capita income is $ 17,839 per year [5] .
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification , the Gallup climate refers to cold semi-arid (BSk). The average temperature in the year is 9.3 ° C, the warmest month is July (average temperature 21.2 ° C), the coldest month is January (average temperature −1.2 ° C). The average rainfall in a year is 328 mm [6] .
| Gallup Climate | |||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 5.8 | 8.2 | 12,4 | 16 | 21,2 | 27.3 | 29.7 | 27.6 | 23.5 | 17.4 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 17.1 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −1.2 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 12.8 | 18.2 | 21,2 | 19.7 | 15.8 | 9.8 | four | −0.9 | 9.3 |
| Average minimum ° C | −8.2 | −6.1 | −2.6 | −0.6 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 13 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 2,8 | −3.9 | −8.4 | 1,6 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | twenty | eighteen | 19 | fifteen | 10 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 41 | 65 | thirty | 25 | 327 |
Notes
- ↑ West of the USA // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 238—239. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
- ↑ Gallup // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 85.
- ↑ Gallup, New Mexico - 'Drunk Town, USA' - Works To Change Its Image . New Mexico's Indicator-Based Information System. Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
- ↑ 'Blood Money': Life and Death in Gallup, NM . Indian Country. Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 American FactFinder . United States Census Bureau . Date of treatment November 26, 2015.
- ↑ Gallup . Weatherbase Date of treatment November 20, 2016.