Pima County, Arizona
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2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:
  • 74.3% White
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  • 3.5% Black
    African American
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  • 3.3% Native American
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  • 2.6% Asian
    Asian American
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  • 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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  • 3.7% Two or more races
    Multiracial American
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  • 12.4% Other races
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  • 34.6% Hispanic or Latino
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     (of any race)

2000

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 843,746 people, 332,350 households, and 212,039 families residing in the county. The population density
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 was 92 people per square mile (35/km²). There were 366,737 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile (15/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 75.07% White
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, 3.03% Black
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 or African American
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, 3.22% Native American
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, 2.04% Asian
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, 0.13% Pacific Islander
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, 13.30% from other races
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, and 3.21% from two or more races. 29.34% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 22.80% reported speaking Spanish
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 at home http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=4&county_id=19&mode=geographic&order=r.

There were 332,350 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.70% were married couples
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 living together, 11.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.20% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 10.90% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,758, and the median income for a family was $44,446. Males had a median income of $32,156 versus $24,959 for females. The per capita income
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 for the county was $19,785. About 10.50% of families and 14.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.40% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.

Communities


Cities:
  • South Tucson
    South Tucson, Arizona
    South Tucson is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States and an enclave of the much larger city of Tucson. South Tucson is known for being heavily influenced by Hispanic, and especially Mexican, culture; restaurants and shops which sell traditional Mexican foods and other goods can be found...

  • Tucson
    Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...



Towns:
  • Marana
    Marana, Arizona
    Marana is a town in Pima County, Arizona, located northwest of Tucson, with a small portion in Pinal County. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town is 34,961...

  • Oro Valley
    Oro Valley, Arizona
    Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located north of Tucson, Arizona, USA in Pima County. According to a July 2008 estimate, the population of the town is 43,223, an increase from 29,700 in 2000 Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located north of Tucson,...

  • Sahuarita
    Sahuarita, Arizona
    Sahuarita is a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sahuarita is located south of the Tohono O'odham Nation and abuts the north end of Green Valley, 15 miles south of Tucson...



Other communities:
  • Arivaca
    Arivaca, Arizona
    Arivaca is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is located north of the Mexican border and northwest of the port of entry at Nogales. The European-American history of the area dates back at least to 1695, although the community was not founded until 1878....

  • Kentucky Camp
    Kentucky Camp, Arizona
    Kentucky Camp is a ghost town and former mining camp along the Arizona Trail in Pima County, Arizona, United States, near the community of Sonoita. The Kentucky Camp Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been since 1995...

  • Lukeville
    Lukeville, Arizona
    Lukeville is a small unincorporated community on the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Pima County, Arizona, United States.The community consists of the international border crossing into Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, together with a gas station, a duty free shop, a few outlets that sell Mexican automobile...

  • Redington
    Redington, Arizona
    Redington is a ghost town in Pima County, Arizona, United States.It is located on the banks of the San Pedro River, northeast of Tucson and about 54 km north-northwest of Benson. The area was previously known as Tres Alamos....

  • Rillito
    Rillito, Arizona
    Rillito is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States, completely surrounded by the town of Marana. The largest business in the community is Arizona Portland Cement and the community has had a post office since the 1920s. There is a regional park and recreation center in...

  • Sasabe
    Sasabe, Arizona
    Sasabe is a small unincorporated border community in the Altar Valley of southern Pima County, Arizona, United States. It hosts a little-used United States–Mexico border crossing...

  • Summerhaven
    Summerhaven, Arizona
    Summerhaven is a small Census-designated place on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Summerhaven sits at an elevation of approximately 8,200 feet...

  • Why
    Why, Arizona
    Why is a tiny unincorporated rural community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It lies near the western border of the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation and due north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona...



Indian reservations:
  • Pascua Yaqui
    Pascua Yaqui Tribe
    The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a tribe of Native Americans, acknowledged by the United States government on September 18, 1978.Most U.S. members of the tribe live in southern Arizona. Descended from the ancient Uto-Azteca people of Mexico, the ancestors of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe first settled in the...

  • San Xavier
    San Xavier Indian Reservation
    The San Xavier Indian Reservation is located near Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. It is the smaller eastern section of the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, the homeland of the tribe known as the Tohono O'odham Nation....

  • Tohono O'odham
    Tohono O'odham
    The Tohono O'odham are a group of Native American people who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico...

     (part)

Census-designated places:
  • Ajo
    Ajo, Arizona
    Ajo is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,705 at the 2000 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just from the Mexican border. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument....

  • Avra Valley
    Avra Valley, Arizona
    Avra Valley is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,038 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Avra Valley is located at ....

  • Casas Adobes
    Casas Adobes, Arizona
    Casas Adobes is a census-designated place located in the northern metropolitan area of Tucson, Arizona . The population was 54,011 at the 2000 census...

  • Catalina
    Catalina, Arizona
    Catalina is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 7,025 at the 2000 census. Catalina continues to experience increasing population growth, while attempting to maintain its rural character...

  • Catalina Foothills
    Catalina Foothills, Arizona
    Catalina Foothills is a census-designated place located north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Situated in the southern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Catalina Foothills had a population of 53,794 at the 2000 census...

  • Corona de Tucson
    Corona de Tucson, Arizona
    Corona de Tucson is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,675 at the 2010 census, an increase of 598% from the 2000 population of 813.Corona de Tucson is in the Vail, Arizona 85641 ZIP code area....

  • Drexel Heights
    Drexel Heights, Arizona
    Drexel Heights is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 23,849 at the 2000 census.The area is named after financier Francis Anthony Drexel, the father of Saint Katharine Drexel...

  • Drexel-Alvernon
    Drexel-Alvernon, Arizona
    Drexel-Alvernon is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,192 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Drexel-Alvernon is located at ....

  • East Sahuarita
    East Sahuarita, Arizona
    East Sahuarita is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,419 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Sahuarita is located at ....

  • Flowing Wells
    Flowing Wells, Arizona
    Flowing Wells is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 15,050 at the 2000 census.The Flowing Wells community was given an All-American City Award by the National Civic League in 2007.-Geography:...

  • Green Valley
    Green Valley, Arizona
    Green Valley is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 17,283 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green Valley is located at ....

  • Littletown
    Littletown, Arizona
    Littletown is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,010 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Littletown is located at ....

  • Picture Rocks
    Picture Rocks, Arizona
    Picture Rocks is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 8,139 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Picture Rocks is located at ....

  • Pisinemo
    Pisinemo, Arizona
    Pisinemo is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Geography:The village of Pisinemo is located at ....

  • Santa Rosa
  • Sells
    Sells, Arizona
    Sells is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,799 at the 2000 census. It is the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the home of several of their tribal businesses, such as Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association...

  • Summit
    Summit, Arizona
    Summit is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,702 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Summit is located at ....

  • Tanque Verde
    Tanque Verde, Arizona
    Tanque Verde is a suburban census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States, northeast of Tucson. The population was 16,195 at the 2000 census.- History :...

  • Three Points
    Three Points, Arizona
    Three Points is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,273 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Three Points is located at ....

  • Tortolita
    Tortolita, Arizona
    Tortolita is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,740 at the 2000 census. Tortolita is situated between the booming towns of Oro Valley and Marana. These two incorporated communities continue to annex the community of Tortolita...

  • Tucson Estates
    Tucson Estates, Arizona
    Tucson Estates is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 9,755 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tucson Estates is located at ....

  • Vail
    Vail, Arizona
    Vail is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 10,208 at the 2010 census. The area is known for the nearby Colossal Cave, a large cave system, and the Rincon Mountains District of Saguaro National Park, a top tourism spot within Arizona.Vail was...

  • Valencia West
    Valencia West, Arizona
    Valencia West is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 9,355 at the 2010 census, a 293% increase over the population of 2,380 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...


  • See also

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



    Tourist attractions

    • Pima County Fair
      Pima County Fair
      The Pima County Fair is a fun fair that happens every year outside Tucson, Arizona for one week during the month of April.-Concert Lineup :...

    • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
      Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
      The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a museum and zoo founded in 1952 and located in Tucson, Arizona. It contains a museum and two miles of walking paths on of this property, and is one of the most visited attractions in Tucson...

    • Old Tucson
    • Arizona Historical Society
      Arizona Historical Society
      The Arizona Historical Society is a non-profit organization whose goal is to collect, preserve, interpret, and disseminate the history of Arizona, the West, and Northern Mexico as it pertains to Arizona. It does this through 4 regional divisions. Each division has a representative museum...

       (museum)
    • Tucson Gem & Mineral Show
      Tucson Gem & Mineral Show
      The Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is one of the premier gem and mineral shows in the world. The event takes place annually in late January and February at approximately 40 to 49 different locations across the city of Tucson, Arizona. Most of the shows are open to the public, except for...

    • Titan Missile Museum
      Titan Missile Museum
      The Titan Missile Museum, also known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 or as Titan II ICBM Site 571-7, is a former ICBM missile site located at 1580 West Duval Mine Road, Sahuarita, Arizona. It is located about 15 miles south of Tucson...

    • Biosphere 2
      Biosphere 2
      Biosphere 2 is a structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO...

    • Mission San Xavier del Bac
      Mission San Xavier del Bac
      Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian Reservation...


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