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Geography

Santa Rosa has many natural lakes, an anomaly in the dry DesertDesert

In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation....
 climate surrounding it. These are sinkholeSinkhole Overview

Sinkholes, also known as sinks, shakeholes or dolina, and cenotes, are a feature of landscapes that ...
s that form in the limestoneLimestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite ....
 bedrock of the area and fill with water, and thus the lakes are connected by a network of underground, water-filled tunnels. The most famous of these is Blue Hole, a popular spot for divingDiving

Diving refers to the sport of acrobatically jumping or falling into water....
, where frigid 64°F (18°C) water forms a lake over 81 ft (25 m) deep.

Santa Rosa is located at (34.942166, -104.683981).

According to the United States Census BureauFacts About United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 kmē), of which, 4.2 square miles (11.0 kmē) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 kmē) of it (0.70%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusCensus

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 of 2000, there were 2,744 people, 898 households, and 616 families residing in the city. The population densityPopulation density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume....
 was 645.7 people per square mile (249.3/kmē). There were 1,024 housing units at an average density of 241.0/sq mi (93.0/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 57.47% White, 2.19% African American, 1.75% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 33.13% from other racesRace (United States Census)

Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identificatio...
, and 4.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 81.16% of the population.

There were 898 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couplesMarriage

A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religio...
 living together, 18.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 135.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 145.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,085, and the median income for a family was $28,782. Males had a median income of $20,161 versus $16,417 for females. The per capita incomePer capita income

The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population....
 for the city was $11,168. About 18.9% of families and 23.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 23.9% of those age 65 or over.

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