Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah

San Juan County

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Oljato Monument Valley is a scattered settlement on community- free area in San Juan County in the U.S. state of Utah. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010 Oljato Monument Valley had 674 inhabitants.

The place wholly owned by the Navajo Nation Reservation, the Navajo Indian Reservation.

Oljato and his eponymous sister territory across the border, Oljato, Arizona, are in particular known from Western films Monument Valley.

The Oljato Trading Post is a trading post, which was established in 1921 and is today operated by the Navajo Nation. There, on the one hand provide the locals with food and other essential goods, on the other hand sells the items handicrafts of the Navaho, in particular woven carpets, ceramics, basketry and silver jewelry with stone cutting work in turquoise. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a listed building.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Oljato Monument Valley 674 people in 178 households. The population density was 9.1 people per square kilometer. In the 178 households lived statistically 3.79 per person.

The racial the population was made ​​up of 4.9 percent White, 92.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) and Asians 0.1 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

63.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 29.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 6.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 31,607. The per capita income was 9192 USD. 46.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.