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Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. [6] A substantial percentage of its population is Native American , with residents from the Navajo , Hopi , and Zuni tribes.
McKinley County is a county in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 72,902. [1] Its county seat is Gallup. [2] The county was created in 1901 and named for President William McKinley. [3] McKinley County is Gallup's micropolitan statistical area.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 13 micropolitan statistical areas in New Mexico. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA , comprising the area around New Mexico's largest city of Albuquerque as well as its capital, Santa Fe .
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2]
Thoreau (Navajo: Dlǫ́ʼí Yázhí) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [4] The population was 2,367 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 1,865 in 2010. [5] It is majority Native American, primarily of the Navajo Nation, as Thoreau is located within its boundaries.
The community is bordered to the south by Interstate 40 and to the north by the Gallup Subdivision of the BNSF Railway. New Mexico State Road 118 (Historic Route 66) runs through the northern side of the community. It is 10 miles (16 km) west of Gallup, the county seat, and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Lupton, Arizona.
Continental Divide is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It has a post office with ZIP code 87312. [4] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 187. [3]
Catalpa Canyon is a valley in the center of the CDP that drains north to the Puerco River in the eastern part of Gallup. New Mexico State Road 602 passes through the western part of the CDP, leading north into Gallup and south 15 miles (24 km) to Vanderwagen .