The following information from the Laplaza web site in Taos updates the population since 1949:

Data-Taos County TABLE

1. TAOS COUNTY STATISTICS.

COUNTY: Taos

COUNTY SEAT: Taos

LAND AREA (square miles): 2,204

POPULATION

County, 1980 .....19,456

County, 1990.......23,118

County, 1992.......24,228

Density (persons per square mile) ...10.5

Change in Population, 1980-1990...3,660

% Growth in Population, 1980-1990...18.8%

CITY POPULATION

Questa (1990)...1,707

Questa (1992)...1,750

Red River (1990)...387

Red River (1992)...405

Taos (1990)...4,065

Taos (1992)...4,274

NUMBER OF PERSONS 65 AND OVER (1990)...2,555

NUMBER OF PERSONS UNDER 18 (1990)...6,728

RACE AND ETHNICITY, 1990 (percent)

White...73.0

Black...0.3

American Indian...6.8

Asian/Pacific Islander...0.4

Other ...19.6

Total ...100.0

Hispanic (total)...64.9

Source: U.S. DOC, Bureau of Census.