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Fountain, CO vs Gallup, NM

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- Gallup is 0% more densely populated than Fountain.
- People are 30.5% less likely to be married in Gallup.
- The Median Age is 4.2 years older in Gallup.
 Fountain, COGallup, NMUnited States
 Population  Unlock21,901329,725,481
 Female Population50.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock34.538.4
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 Population - 201026,106  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock20,209285,036,114
 Population - 19909,984  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock5.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now210.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,095.693.4
 Land Area22.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Fountain, COGallup, NMUnited States
 Age 0 to 47.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock8.0%6.1%
 Age 10 to 149.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 643.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.2%9.6%
 Age 75 to 841.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Fountain, COGallup, NMUnited States
 White54.4%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.4%12.2%
 Asian2.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock44.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.5%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock31.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Fountain, COGallup, NMUnited States
 Married Population58.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock37.7%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock59.3%50.2%
 Never Married28.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.0%10.8%
 Widowed2.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.922.60
 Households10,044  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,89680,755,759
     Married couple, w/children45.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock31.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households2,840  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock29.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children5.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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