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.
The poverty rates were lower for White and Asian children (12 percent each) than for children from other racial/ethnic groups. The overall percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty in 2014 (21 percent) was higher than in 2009 (20 percent).