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Socorro is a city located in Socorro County, New Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley, at an elevation of 4579 feet. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 8,877. It is the county seat of Socorro County6. Socorro County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...
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A county seat is a town which is the capital of a county. ...
Socorro County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ...
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The City of Socorro bills itself as having been established in 1598, but it would be more accurate to say that the area was named in that year by Spanish explorers who had crossed the Jornada del Muerto and were much in need of the aid and hospitality they received upon reaching the area which is Socorro today. The name means ‘aid’, ‘help’, or ‘refuge’. The Jornada del Muerto (journey of the deadman in Spanish) was the name given by the Spanish conquistadors to the 1660s route northward from New Spain, or Mexico. ...
Modern Socorro offers many diversions for travelers and tourists, but is easily missed by drivers on Interstate 25. Those travelers who explore the area beyond California Street (the main through road) can easily get lost as the pattern of roads in Socorro follows several patterns which come together at atypical intersections. Additionally, some streets in town are oddly named: Central and Center street are parallel, two blocks apart; Neel and Neal have nothing to do with each other; there is a Cassity on one end of town and a Cassidy on the other; and Long Street is one block long while Short Street is three blocks long. Interstate 25 is an interstate highway in the western United States. ...
Geography
Socorro is located at 34°3'42" North, 106°53'58" West (34.061759, -106.899424)1. Adapted from Wikipedias NM county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.4 km² (14.4 mi²). 37.3 km² (14.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.21% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 8,877 people, 3,415 households, and 2,151 families residing in the city. The population density is 237.9/km² (615.8/mi²). There are 3,940 housing units at an average density of 105.6/km² (273.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 66.16% White, 0.74% African American, 2.77% Native American, 2.24% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 23.24% from other races, and 4.79% from two or more races. 54.50% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 3,415 households out of which 31.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% are married couples living together, 14.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% are non-families. 29.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 3.02. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 16.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $22,530, and the median income for a family is $33,013. Males have a median income of $31,517 versus $23,071 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,250. 32.3% of the population and 24.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 44.4% of those under the age of 18 and 23.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the number of people. ...
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Socorro is home to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, as well as the New Mexico State Fire Academy. Also on the campus at "Tech" is the NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Array Operations Center, the headquarters for the Very Large Array radiotelescope which is west of Socorro between Magdalena and Datil, and which was where various parts of the movie Contact was set. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Also called New Mexico Tech), is a research university located in Socorro, New Mexico. ...
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is an institution set up by the United States government for the purpose of radio astronomy. ...
The NRAOs Very Large Array (configuration D) For other uses of the acronym VLA see VLA (disambiguation) The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, some fifty miles (80 km) west of Socorro...
In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of them. ...
Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 913. ...
Datil is a town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. ...
Contact DVD Contact is a 1997 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Contact by Carl Sagan. ...
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