Pima County

The Pima County Courthouse has been on the NRHP since June 1978.
administration
US state :	Arizona
Administrative headquarters :	Tucson
Foundation :	1864
Demographics
Residents :	980,263  (2010)
Population density :	41.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	23,799 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map
Website : www.co.pima.az.us

The Pima County is located in the south of the US state of Arizona . The county seat is Tucson .

history

Pima County, one of the first four counties in Arizona, was founded in 1864 and named after the Pima Indians who live here. Pima County was founded on land acquired from the Gadsden purchase in 1853. Originally the county comprised the part of Arizona east of 113 ° 20 'west longitude and south of the Gila River , bounded on the south by the border with Sonora , Mexico , and on the east by the border with New Mexico . Soon after, Cochise , Graham, and Santa Cruz Counties emerged and Pima Counties became smaller.

The San Xavier del Bac Mission has been recognized as a National Historic Landmark since October 1960 .

191 buildings and sites of the county are in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listed (as of 7 May 2020), including have the Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 , the Desert Laboratory , the Mission San Xavier del Bac and the Ventana Cave the National Historic Landmarks status .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	14,689		-
1910	22,818		55.3%
1920	34,680		52%
1930	55,676		60.5%
1940	72,838		30.8%
1950	141,216		93.9%
1960	265,660		88.1%
1970	351,667		32.4%
1980	531.443		51.1%
1990	666.880		25.5%
2000	843.746		26.5%
2010	980.263		16.2%
1900-1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Pima County (as of 2000)

The Sahuarita Lake

Pima County had a population of 843,746 people as of the 2000 census . There were 332,350 households and 212,039 families. The population density was 35 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.07 percent white, 3.03 percent African American, 3.22 percent Native American, 2.04 percent Asian, 0.13 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 13.30 percent from other ethnic groups together; 3.21 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 29.34 percent of the population.

Of the 332,350 households, 29.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 47.7 percent were married couples living together, 11.8 percent were single mothers, and 36.2 percent were non-families. 28.5 were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.06.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 10.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the 36,758 USD , and the median income for a family was 44,446 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,156 versus $ 24,959 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,785. 14.7 percent of the population and 10.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. 19.4 percent of them are under 18 years of age and 8.2 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Places in Pima County

There are five parishes in Pima County, including two cities and three towns . For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau maintains 49 census-designated places that are subordinate to the county and are not self-governing. Like the Unincorporated Communities, these are unincorporated areas.

Cities South Tucson Tucson

Towns Marana 1 Oro Valley Sahuarita

Census-designated places

Ajo Ak Chin Ali Chuk Ali Chukson Ali Molina Anegam Arivaca Arivaca Junction Avra Valley Casas Adobes Catalina Catalina Foothills Chiawuli Tak

Charco Comobabi Corona de Tucson Cowlic Drexel Heights Elephant Head Flowing wells Green Valley Gu Oidak Haivana Nakya Ko Vaya Littletown Maish Vaya

Nelson Nolic Picture rocks Pimaco Two Pisinemo Rillito Rincon Valley San Miguel Santa Rosa Sells South Komelik Summerhaven Summit

Tanque Verde Three points Topava Tucson Estates Vail Valencia West Ventana Wahak Hotrontk Why Willow Canyon

other unincorporated communities

Drexel-Alvernon East Sahuarita Kentucky Camp Lukeville

Piato Vaya Sasabe Tortolita

Ghost towns

Everyone Arivaca Azurite Brownell Cerro Colorado Clarkston

Continental Greaterville Gunsight Helvetia Las Guijas Mineral Hill

olive Quijotoa Pantano station Redington Rosemont Silverbell

Total wreck Twin buttes Weldon

¹partly in Pinal County

Reserves and parks

The Saguaro National Park The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument The Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation The Ironwood Forest National Monument The Catalina State Park

The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Parts of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Parts of the Coronado National Forest Portions of the Ironwood Forest National Monument Parts of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pima County Courthouse on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 7, 2020.
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 25446. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Arizona. National Park Service , accessed May 6, 2020.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 7, 2020.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 7, 2020.
   Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Arizona. National Park Service , accessed May 7, 2020.
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 16, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 

Web links

Commons : Pima County, Arizona  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 32 ° 4 ′  N , 111 ° 49 ′  W