For population 25 years and over in Rio Rico Southwest:
High school or higher: 66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
Unemployed: 11.4%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Rio Rico Southwest CDP:
Never married: 13.9%
Now married: 76.7%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 2.4%
Divorced: 5.3%
1,070 residents are foreign born (36.3% Latin America).
This place:
38.5%
Arizona:
12.8%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,269 (0.9%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,262 (0.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Arivaca, AZ (32.1 miles , pop. 50,441).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Tucson, AZ (53.1 miles , pop. 486,699).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (156.7 miles , pop. 1,321,045).
The number of natural disasters in Maricopa County (14) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10 Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 8, Fires: 3, Heavy Rain: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Flash Flood: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rio Rico Southwest:
CARONDELET HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 8 miles away; NOGALES, AZ)
SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER INC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 46 miles away; SIERRA VISTA, AZ)
UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL AT KINO (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 52 miles away; TUCSON, AZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rio Rico Southwest:
University of Phoenix-Southern Arizona Campus (about 54 miles; Tucson, AZ; Full-time enrollment: 2,465)
Pima Community College (about 54 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 11,708)
University of Arizona (about 55 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 33,106)
Eastern Arizona College (about 121 miles; Thatcher, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,285)
Chandler/Gilbert Community College (about 136 miles; Chandler, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,924)
Mesa Community College (about 144 miles; Mesa, AZ; FT enrollment: 8,853)
Arizona State University (about 147 miles; Tempe, AZ; FT enrollment: 54,626)
Reservoirs: White Oak Tank (A), Walker Tank (B), Twin Tank (C), Rock Tank (D), H Six Tank (E), Cruz Canyon Tank (F), Caralampi Tank (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Maricopa County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 51.5. This is significantly worse than average.
City:
51.5
U.S.:
32.0
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 56.3. This is significantly worse than average.Closest monitor was 7.2 miles away from the city center.
City:
56.3
U.S.:
22.1
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 12.7. This is worse than average.Closest monitor was 8.8 miles away from the city center.
City:
12.7
U.S.:
9.6
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 19.7%
(7.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 18.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 86.6% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 52.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
3.8 people
Arizona:
2.6 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
93.0%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
3.3%
Whole state:
6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Rio Rico Southwest (based on Maricopa County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.73%
Here
39.7%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
LDS (Mormon) Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Jewish
Assemblies of God
Adherents
43.4%
12.6%
6.3%
4.9%
4.7%
Congregations
5.9%
24.2%
8.1%
1.3%
5.7%
Name
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
United Methodist Church
Charismatic Churches Independent
Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
Other
Adherents
4.2%
2.7%
2.1%
1.9%
17.2%
Congregations
3.7%
3.2%
1.0%
1.8%
45.2%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 501
Maricopa County:
1.30 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.36 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 60
Here:
0.16 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 219
This county:
0.57 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
0.55 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 768
Maricopa County:
1.99 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
2.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 2,264
This county:
5.86 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.21 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Maricopa County:
7.7%
Arizona:
8.0%
Adult obesity rate:
Maricopa County:
22.5%
State:
22.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.8%
State:
14.2%
7.17% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,819 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.17%
Arizona average:
8.20%
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($585 average AGI)
Maricopa County:
0.14%
Arizona average:
0.18%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest differences between daily high and daily low temperatures"
#30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers"
#51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers"
#65 on the list of "Top 100 cities with newest houses"
#66 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Drugs and druggists' sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers"
#75 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides"
#83 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average sunshine amount"
#99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Social scientists and related workers"
#1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
#2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
#11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
#51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
