Milan is a village in Cibola County,

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, United States. The population was 3,245 at the 2010 census. A suburb of

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, Milan's population grew by over 1,300 between 2000 and 2010, a rate of 71.6%. Many new houses and service-oriented businesses are being built. Milan is the site of the privately run Cibola County Correctional Center, which houses more than 1,000 federal prisoners and is a major employer.

Geography

Milan is located in northern Cibola County at (35.176950, -107.895301). It is bordered to the south by

, the

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runs through the village, with access via Exit 79.

New Mexico State Road 122 The historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) ran east–west across the central part of the state of New Mexico, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40). However, until 1937, it took a longer route via Los Lunas, Albuquerque ...

, formerly U.S. Route 66, passes through the eastern side of town. Via I-40 it is east to

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and west to

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. According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which , or 0.11%, is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 1,891 people, 673 households and 475 families residing in the village. The

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was 648.9 per square mile (250.9/km). There were 806 housing units at an average density of 276.6 per square mile (106.9/km). The racial makeup was 51.03%

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, 1.32%

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, 13.96% Native American, 28.87% from

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, and 4.81% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 52.30% of the population. There were 673 households, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were

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living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.33. 32.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. The

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was $24,635 and the median family income was $26,776. Males had a median income of $28,594 and females $18,750. The

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was $10,463. About 21.9% of families and 28.2% of the population were below the

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, including 38.6% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

All public schools in the county are operated by

Grants/Cibola County Schools Grants/Cibola County Schools is a school district based in Grants, New Mexico, United States. Attendance area GCCS's attendance boundary includes most of Cibola County, New Mexico, including the city of Grants. Exceptions are areas on the Zuni Res ...

. One school, Milan Elementary School, is located in the village. Students continue on to Los Alamitos Middle School and Grants High School. Both are in the city of Grants.

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