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Fast Facts

Elevation

• 4,620 feet

Climate

• Average Annual Rainfall: 13.8 Inches
• Average Snow: 6.8 inches

Summer Temperatures

• Average High 89 degrees
• Average Low 63 degrees

Winter Temperatures

• Average High 55 degrees
• Average Low 34 degrees

Population

• Guadalupe County: 4,156
• Santa Rosa: 2,734

Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools
Number of Students:

• Grade Schools: 299
• Middle Schools: 150
• High School: 247

Fire Department

• Firefighters: 25
• Rescue unit: 4

Other Facts

• Banks: 1
• Credit Union: 1
• Civic Clubs: 5
• Churches: 14
• Hospital: 1 with 10 beds
• Health Clinic: 1
• Doctors: 3
• Ambulance: 1
• E.M.T.'s: 1 EMT Director, 8 in core group, 20 trainees
• Pharmacy: 1
• Public Airport: Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
• Rail Providers: 1 (Union Pacific Railroad)
• Golf Course: 1 (Santa Rosa Golf Course)
• Newspapers: 2 The Communicator, The Santa Rosa News
• Radio Station: 1 KSSR/KRSR
• Restaurants: 20 (9 Franchise, 11 Locally owned)
• Hotels/motels: 19 with 912 rooms
• RV Parks: 4
• Movie Theatre: 1
• Softball Fields: 3
• City Parks: 7
• Museums: 1

Community Profile

Population & Household Characteristics	Santa Rosa 1990	Santa Rosa 2000
Population	2,263	2,744
Institutionalized population	15	497
Gender
Male	1,117	1,577
Female	1,146	1,167
Age Groups
Under 5 years	191	136
5 to 17 years	536	499
18 to 20 years	111	81
21 to 24 years	101	205
25 to 44 years	640	944
45 to 54 years	226	331
55 to 59 years	93	102
60 to 64 years	81	116
65 to 74 years	143	175
75 to 84 years	111	94
85 years and over	30	61
Households	810	898
Family households	614	617
With children under 18		314
Married-couple family	395	405
With children under 18		184
Female householder	166	164
With children under 18		102
Non-family households	196	281
Householder living alone	180	251
Householder 65+	87	101
Average household size	2.77	2.50

Demographics

Population. In 2000, the population of the City of Santa Rosa was 2,744, making up 59% of Guadalupe County’s total population. Santa Rosa is the county seat and the only urban community in the region. Between 1990 and 2000, Santa Rosa appears to have experienced growth above the state average of 20%. However, nearly all of this growth can be attributed the corrections facility that opened in Santa Rosa in the late 1990s.

Population projections from the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research show Guadalupe County’s population for 2008 at 5,190, which represents 11% population growth since 2000, or a rate of 1.36% per year. If the same trend is applied to Santa Rosa, the city’s population would have increased by 302 persons or 103 households (average size of 2.5 persons) for 2008. This is somewhat inconsistent with the flat rate of growth experienced by Santa Rosa from 1990 to 2000, once the incarcerated population is subtracted. However, new jobs and economic growth in the area would certainly indicate some population growth. To show both scenarios, housing needs in this plan are estimated according to both the population of the 2000 Census and BBER’s population projections for 2008.

Source: US Census