that is a blanket that the Indians used for warmth.
FARMINGTON â The percentage of children in San Juan County living in poverty rose 2.4 percent in 2014, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2013, there were 9,332 children in San Juan County living in poverty, which is 27 percent of the general children population, according to the bureau's findings. In 2014, that population increased to 9,772 children, or 29.4 percent of the general population.
Over the period 2010 â 2014, 17.1 percent of the Lewis Countyâs population was living below the poverty level, compared with 13.2 percent for the state and the nation at 14.8 percent. The state and national rates are not directly comparable to the county rate because they each use different data sources.