Cochise County, Arizona
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2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:
  • 78.5% White
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  • 4.2% Black
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  • 1.2% Native American
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  • 1.9% Asian
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  • 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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  • 4.0% Two or more races
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  • 9.6% Other races
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  • 32.4% Hispanic or Latino
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     (of any race)

2000

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 117,755 people, 43,893 households, and 30,768 families residing in the county. The population density
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 was 19 people per square mile (7/km²). There were 51,126 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 76.66% White
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, 4.52% Black
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 or African American
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, 1.15% Native American
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, 1.65% Asian
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, 0.26% Pacific Islander
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, 12.05% from other races
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, and 3.72% from two or more races. 30.69% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 25.35% reported speaking Spanish
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 at home, while 1.31% speak German
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There were 43,893 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were married couples
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 living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 101.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,105, and the median income for a family was $38,005. Males had a median income of $30,533 versus $22,252 for females. The per capita income
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 for the county was $15,988. About 13.50% of families and 17.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.80% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

In 2000, the largest denominational group was the Catholics (with 25,837 adherents) and Evangelical Protestants (with 12,548 adherents). The largest religious bodies were The Catholic Church (with 25,837 members) and The Southern Baptist Convention
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 (with 5,999 members).

Communities

Cities

  • Benson
    Benson, Arizona
    -Transportation:Benson Airport is located 3 miles north west of the city.Benson is served by Interstate 10 to the north, which travels directly to downtown Tucson....

  • Bisbee
    Bisbee, Arizona
    Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...

  • Douglas
    Douglas, Arizona
    Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico and a history of mining.The population was 14,312 at the 2000 census...

  • Sierra Vista
    Sierra Vista, Arizona
    Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044....

  • Tombstone
    Tombstone, Arizona
    Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It was one of the last wide-open frontier boomtowns in the American Old West. From about 1877 to 1890, the town's mines produced USD $40 to $85 million...

  • Willcox
    Willcox, Arizona
    Willcox is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,769. Professional wrestler Ted Dibiase lived his formative years in Willcox, as did singer Tanya Tucker.-History:...


Census-designated places

  • Naco
    Naco, Arizona
    Naco is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Its population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is across the United States–Mexico border from Naco, Sonora. The Naco port of entry is open 24 hours per day....

  • Pirtleville
    Pirtleville, Arizona
    Pirtleville is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,550 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pirtleville is located at ....

  • Sierra Vista Southeast
    Sierra Vista Southeast, Arizona
    Sierra Vista Southeast is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The population was 14,348 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sierra Vista Southeast is located at ....

  • St. David
    St. David, Arizona
    St. David is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,744 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • Whetstone
    Whetstone, Arizona
    Whetstone is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, north of Sierra Vista. The population was 2,354 at the 2000 census.-History:Whetstone was once named Sulger City, after a rich landowner who lived in the area...


Other places

  • Ash Creek
  • Amber
  • Bowie
    Bowie, Arizona
    Bowie is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona. The community lies on Interstate 10 in eastern Arizona close to the western New Mexico border...

  • Babocomari
  • Cascabel
    Cascabel, Arizona
    Cascabel is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.It is located at , on the banks of the San Pedro River, east of Tucson and about 37 km north-northwest of Benson....

  • Charleston
    Charleston, Arizona
    Charleston is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was occupied from the late-1870s through the late-1880s, and was located in what was then known as the Arizona Territory...

  • Cochise
    Cochise, Arizona
    Cochise is an unincorporated community located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city was created alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. The city was primarily a stop for coal and water which were needed for trains at the time. At its peak, the town had a population...

  • Contention City
    Contention City, Arizona
    Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was occupied from the early-1880s through the late-1880s in what was then known as the Arizona Territory...

  • Courtland
  • Dos Cabezas
  • Double Adobe
  • Dragoon
    Dragoon, Arizona
    Dragoon is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Dragoon is east-northeast of Benson. Dragoon has the ZIP Code of 85609; in 2000, the population of the 85609 ZCTA was 297....

  • El Dorado
  • Elfrida
    Elfrida, Arizona
    Elfrida is a small unincorporated community in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona in Cochise County. Elfrida is located on U.S. Route 191 northwest of Douglas, north of McNeal...

  • Fairbank
    Fairbank, Arizona
    Fairbank is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona, near the San Pedro River. First settled in 1881 in what was then known as the Arizona Territory, Fairbank, the closest rail stop to nearby Tombstone, was an important location in developing Arizona...

  • Gleeson
    Gleeson, Arizona
    Gleeson is a ghost town in Cochise County in the southeastern section of the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was first settled as Turquoise around 1890 in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later re-established as Gleeson in 1900.-History:...

  • Hereford
    Hereford, Arizona
    Hereford is an unincorporated community in Cochise County along the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is south of Sierra Vista and is a part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas micropolitan area...

  • Hilltop
  • Kansas Settlement
  • McNeal
    McNeal, Arizona
    McNeal is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. McNeal is located on U.S. Route 191 northwest of Douglas. McNeal has the ZIP Code of 85617; in 2000, the population of the 85617 ZCTA was 1,263....

  • Nicksville
  • Palominas
  • Paul Spur
  • Pearce
    Pearce, Arizona
    Pearce, Arizona and Sunsites, Arizona are adjacent unincorporated communities in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The two communities are referred to as Pearce-Sunsites, Pearce/Sunsites, or Pearce Sunsites. Pearce is best known as a historic ghost town...

  • Pomerene
    Pomerene, Arizona
    Pomerene is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Pomerene is north of Benson. Roll has the ZIP Code of 85627; in 2000, the population of the 85627 ZCTA was 140....

  • Portal
    Portal, Arizona
    Portal is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It lies south-southeast of San Simon and at the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Often called the Yosemite of Arizona, the rock walled canyon is composed of fused volcanic tuff...

  • Paradise
    Paradise, Arizona
    Paradise is a ghost town in Cochise County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1901 in what was then the Arizona Territory.-History:...

  • Rucker
  • San Simon
    San Simon, Arizona
    San Simon is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. San Simon is located along Interstate 10 east of Willcox. San Simon has a ZIP Code of 85632. In 2000, the population of the 85632 ZCTA was 831....

  • Stewart District
  • Sunizona
  • Sunnyside
  • Sunsites
  • Tintown
  • Tres Alamos
    Tres Alamos, Arizona
    Tres Alamos is a ghost town in Cochise County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1874 in what was then the Arizona Territory.-History:...


  • Protected areas

    • Chiricahua National Monument
      Chiricahua National Monument
      Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in the Chiricahua Mountains. It is famous for its extensive vertical rock formations. The monument is located approximately southeast of Willcox, Arizona. It preserves the remains of an immense volcanic eruption that...

    • Coronado National Forest
      Coronado National Forest
      The Coronado National Forest includes an area of about 1.78 million acres spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico....

    • Coronado National Memorial
      Coronado National Memorial
      The Coronado National Memorial commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest by conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. The memorial is located in a natural setting on the international border on the southeast flank of the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista, Arizona...

    • Fort Bowie National Historic Site
    • Kartchner Caverns State Park
      Kartchner Caverns State Park
      Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, USA, featuring a show cave with of passages. The park is located south of the town of Benson and west of the north-flowing San Pedro River....

    • San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
      San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
      The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area contains nearly of public land in Cochise County, Arizona, between the international border and St. David, Arizona. The riparian area, where some of the upper San Pedro River meanders, was designated by Congress as a Riparian National Conservation...


    See also

    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona
      National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona
      This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona, United States...


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