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.