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Population (year 2000): 4,061
Males: 1,921 (47.3%), Females: 2,140 (52.7%)
Apache County
Zip code:
86504
Median resident age: 25.8 years
Median household income: $33,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $39,300 (year 2000)
Races in Fort Defiance:
- American Indian (94.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (4.1%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (2.1%), Irish (1.2%), English
(1.1%).
Elevation: 6830 feet
Land area: 6.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fort Defiance
- High school or higher: 78.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 22.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fort Defiance CDP
- Never married: 40.6%
- Now married: 42.7%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 7.3%
- Divorced: 7.6%
0.3% Foreign born
Hospital/medical center in Fort Defiance:
- PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (P O BOX 649)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Fort Defiance:
- GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles;
GALLUP, NM)
- REHOBOTH MCKINLEY CHRISTIAN HEALTH SER (about 21
miles; GALLUP, NM)
- SAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 41 miles; GANADO, AZ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort
Defiance:
- FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL (about 90 miles; FARMINGTON,
NM; ID: FMN)
- CORTEZ MUNI (about 112 miles; CORTEZ, CO; ID: CEZ)
- DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (about 133 miles; DURANGO,
CO; ID: DRO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Defiance:
- WINDOW ROCK (about 7 miles; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; ID: RQE)
- GALLUP MUNICIPAL (about 26 miles; GALLUP, NM; ID:
GUP)
- GANADO (about 31 miles; GANADO, AZ; ID: 85V)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fort Defiance:
- NORTHLAND PIONEER COLLEGE (about 93 miles; HOLBROOK,
AZ; Full-time enrollment: 2,177)
- SAN JUAN COLLEGE (about 96 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; FT
enrollment: 2,837)
- FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 136 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT
enrollment: 4,051)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO-MAIN CAMPUS (about 173
miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 18,780)
- ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE (about
176 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 9,188)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ALBUQUERQUE NM CAMPUS (about
178 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 3,261)
- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (about 207 miles;
FLAGSTAFF, AZ; FT enrollment: 15,758)
Public high school in Fort Defiance:
- WINDOW ROCK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 567;
Location: NAVAJO ROUTE NO. 7; Grades: 09 - 12)
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