Pima County, Arizona

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Pima County, Arizona

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Location in the state of Arizona
Arizona's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	1864
Seat	Tucson
Area - Total - Land - Water	23,799 km² (9,189 mi²) 23,792 km² (9,186 mi²) 7 km² (3 mi²), 0.03%
Population - (2006) - Density	1,000,000 42.0/km²
Website: www.pima.gov

Pima County is located in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona. The county is named after the Pima American Indian tribe which was indigenous to the area. As of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, the population was 1,000,000. The county seat is Tucson, where nearly all of the population is centered.

Pima County contains parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation, as well as all of the San Xavier Indian Reservation, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ironwood Forest National Monument and Saguaro National Park.

The vast majority of the county population lies in and around the city of Tucson (2005 city population: 529,770), filling much of the eastern part of the county with urban development. Tucson, Arizona's second largest city, is a major commercial and academic center. Other urban areas include the Tucson suburbs of Oro Valley (population 39,400), Marana (population 26,725), Sahuarita (population 13,990), and South Tucson (population 5,630), a large ring of unincorporated urban development, and the growing satellite town Green Valley. The rest of the county is sparsely populated; the largest towns are Sells, the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation, and Ajo in the far western region of the county.

1 History
2 Geography
- 2.1 Adjacent Counties
3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns
5 External links

[edit] History

Pima County, one of the four original counties in Arizona, was created in 1864 when land acquired by the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico in 1853 became the Arizona Territory of the United States. The original county included all of southern Arizona from the western Colorado River to the Gila River in the north to the Mexican international border in the south and east to the New Mexico state line. Soon thereafter, the counties of Cochise, Graham and Santa Cruz were carved from the original Pima County.

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 23,799 km² (9,189 mi²). 23,792 km² (9,186 mi²) of it is land and 7 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.03%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Estado de Sonora, Mexico - south

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 843,746 people, 332,350 households, and 212,039 families residing in the county. The population density was 35/km² (92/mi²). There were 366,737 housing units at an average density of 15/km² (40/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 75.07% White, 3.03% Black or African American, 3.22% Native American, 2.04% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 13.30% from other races, and 3.21% from two or more races. 29.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.80% reported speaking Spanish at home [1].

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 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 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.

[edit] Cities and towns

Map of the incorporated and unincorporated cities and towns in Pima County. Also shown are the borders for the Indian Reservations in the County.

[edit] External links

pima.gov

Cities, Towns, and Unincorporated communities of Pima County, Arizona

Population over 100,000	Tucson (County seat)
Population over 50,000	Casas Adobes \| Catalina Foothills
Population over 25,000	Oro Valley \| Marana
Population over 10,000	Drexel Heights \| Flowing Wells \| Green Valley \| Sahuarita \| Tanque Verde \| Tucson Estates
Population under 10,000	Ajo \| Avra Valley \| Catalina \| Corona de Tucson \| Drexel Alvernon \| East Sahuarita \| Littletown \| Lukeville \| Picture Rocks \| Pisinemo \| Santa Rosa \| Sells \| South Tucson \| Summerhaven \| Summit \| Three Points \| Tortolita \| Vail \| Valencia West

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