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The Navajo Nation is the largest reservation in the United States, situated on over 27,000 square miles of land within the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
 

 
Demographics
  • Population: 180,462
  • Median Age: 24
  • Labor Force: comprised of 28% of the population
  • Median Household Income: $20,005
  • Unemployment: 42%
  • Poverty: 43% lives below the poverty rate
  • Education (for ages 25+): 56% high school degree
    7% college degree
  • Navajo Nation Annual Budget: $96 million

 
FY 2003 Annual Revenue: $137 million
  • 51% from mining
  • 32% from taxes
  • 17% from tourism/other
  • Annual Tourism: 3 million visitors


Source: Census 2000. Extracted by Trib Choudhary, Support Services Department, Division of Economic Development.


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