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'''Zia Pueblo''' (Eastern Keres: '''Tsi'ya, Ts'iiy'a''', {{langx|es|'''Pueblo de Zía'''}}) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Zia Pueblo had a population of 760.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A86420&in=state%3A35|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 12, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> The pueblo after which the CDP is named is included within the CDP; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=nris />
Zia Pueblo is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area. ==Geography== thumb|left|Land formation on the Zia Pueblo, November 2008 According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 27.3 square miles (70.8 km{{sup|2}}), of which 27.3 square miles (70.7 km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km{{sup|2}}) (0.15%) is water.
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 760 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N%2CNAME&for=place%3A%2A&in=state%3A35|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref> }}
As of the census<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|year = 2000|url = http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=zia&_cityTown=zia&_state=04000US35&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y|title = Zia Pueblo CDP, New Mexico|publisher = United States Census Bureau|access-date = July 5, 2009|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212053055/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=zia&_cityTown=zia&_state=04000US35&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y|archive-date = February 12, 2020|url-status = dead}}</ref> of 2000, there were 646 people, 155 households, and 137 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 23.7 people per square mile (9.1/km{{sup|2}}). There were 189 housing units at an average density of 6.9 per square mile (2.7/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.85% Native American, and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic of any race were 0.46% of the population.
There were 155 households, out of which 43.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 37.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.0% were non-families. 10.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.17 and the average family size was 4.38.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.8% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,583, and the median income for a family was $37,679. Males had a median income of $20,313 versus $19,271 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $8,689. About 15.0% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.
==Education== It is within the Jemez Valley Public Schools school district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35043_sandoval/DC20SD_C35043.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-12}}</ref>
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) operates the T'siya Day School (formerly Zia Day School), a federal elementary school for Native Americans, in Zia Pueblo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bie.edu/schools/directory/tsiya-day-school|title=T'siya Day School|publisher=Bureau of Indian Education|accessdate=2023-03-16|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316183836/https://www.bie.edu/schools/directory/tsiya-day-school|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Government== The administration of the Pueblo of Zia in 2025 is: * Governor: Lambert Pino * Lieutenant Governor: Byron Shije<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Leadership |url=https://19pueblosdistrict.org/index.php/he/our-leadership |website=19 Pueblos District |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|New Mexico|National Register of Historic Places}}}} * List of census-designated places in New Mexico * Zia people (New Mexico) * National Register of Historic Places listings in Sandoval County, New Mexico
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
===Further reading=== * Sims, Christine P. (1996) ''Native Language Communities: a descriptive study of two community efforts to preserve their native languages'' National Indian Policy Center, The George Washington University, Washington. D.C., {{OCLC|38077755}} * Stanley, Francis (1969) ''The Zia, New Mexico Story'' no publisher listed, Pep, Texas, {{OCLC|2776310}} * Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1894) ''The Sia'' (extract from the ''Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology'') Government Printing Office, Washington. D.C., {{OCLC|968609}} * White, Leslie A. (1962) ''The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico'' (U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 184) Government Printing Office, Washington. D.C., {{OCLC|1044554}}; reprinted as White, Leslie A. (1974) ''Zia: the sun symbol pueblo'' Calvin Horn Publisher, Albuquerque, {{OCLC|1655409}}
==External links== {{stack|{{commons category|Zia Pueblo, New Mexico}}}} * [https://www.ziapueblo.org/ Pueblo of Zia] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070625090928/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/amsw/ American Southwest, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary] {{Pueblo peoples}} {{Indigenous Peoples of New Mexico}} {{Indian reservations in New Mexico}} {{National Register of Historic Places}} {{Sandoval County, New Mexico}}
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