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Notable locations in Safford: Graham County Courthouse (A), Safford Railroad Station (B), Safford Public Library (C), Safford Inn Hospital (D), Safford Fire Department (E), Safford City Hall (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Safford Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Dry Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Freeman Wash (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Safford Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Discovery Park (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 1651 West Discovery Park Boulevard) (1), Essence of Tranquility (Recreation Areas; 6074 South Lebanon Loop Road) (2), Kachina Mineral Springs Spa (Recreation Areas; 1155 West Cactus Road) (3), Safford City Government - City Hall (717 West Main Street) (4), Swings & Things Sports Park (380 East Entertainment Avenue) (5). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Econo Lodge Safford (225 East US 70) (1), Comfort Inn Safford (1578 W Thatcher Blvd) (2), Budget Inn (1215 West Thatcher Boulevard) (3), Comfort Inn (1578 W Thatcher Blvd) (4), Best Western Desert Inn (1391 Thatcher Boulevard) (5), Olney House Bed & Breakfast (1104 South Central Avenue) (6), Days Inn (520 East USHighway 70) (7), Quality Inn & Suites (420 E Highway 70) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Safford City Government - Magistrate Court (717 West Main Street) (1), Graham County Government - Clerk of Superior Court (Courthouse) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Graham County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 17.9%
(13.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 76.0% for Black residents, 16.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 46.4% for American Indian residents, 19.1% for other race residents, 28.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.7 people | | Arizona: |  2.6 people |
| This city: | 71.9% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
| This city: | 4.6% | | Whole state: | 6.2% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Safford, AZ
People in group quarters in Safford:
- 122 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in other group homes
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Safford compared to Arizona state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Safford (2011 data):
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: Safford Branch at 321 Main Street, branch established on 01/01/1899. Info updated 09/23/2010: Bank assets: $1,642,691.0 mil, Deposits: $984,210.0 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, International Specialization, 5345 total offices, Holding Company: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
- Bank of America, National Association: Safford Branch at 301 W. Main, branch established on 01/01/1953. Info updated 11/18/2009: Bank assets: $1,489,198.0 mil, Deposits: $1,021,724.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5991 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- National Bank of Arizona: Safford Branch at 426 5th Street, branch established on 08/20/1956. Info updated 09/11/2008: Bank assets: $4,435.6 mil, Deposits: $3,682.8 mil, headquarters in Tucson, AZ, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 77 total offices, Holding Company: Zions Bancorporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Safford, Arizona:
- Safford Super 8, 1578 W Thatcher Blvd, Safford, AZ 85546
 , Phone: (928) 428-5851, Fax: (928) 428-4968
- Quality Inn And Suites, 420 East Hwy 70, Safford, AZ 85546 , Phone: (928) 428-3200, Fax: (928) 428-3288
- Days Inn, 520 E Hwy 70, Safford, AZ 85546 , Phone: (928) 428-5000
- Comfort Inn & Suites, 450 Entertainment Ave, Safford, AZ 85546 , Phone: (928) 428-3200, Fax: (928) 428-3288
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in Safford, Arizona
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Graham County Arizona:
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Religion statistics for Safford:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 67.08%
| Here | | 67.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God |
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| Adherents | 47.5% | 38.3% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
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| Congregations | 13.0% | 46.3% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
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| Name | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Churches of Christ | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
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| Congregations | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 13.0% |
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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: 6 | This county: | 1.72 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 1.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Graham County: | 0.57 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 0.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | This county: | 3.72 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 2.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 14 | Graham County: | 4.00 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 6.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Graham County: | 11.4% | | State: | 14.2% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
17 | $71,546 | $50,503 | 1 | $1,627 |
| Other Government Administration |
14 | $59,653 | $51,131 | 8 | $4,705 |
| Judicial and Legal |
8 | $25,117 | $37,676 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
23 | $95,790 | $49,977 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $10,964 | $32,892 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 31 | $7,905 |
| Streets and Highways |
23 | $73,905 | $38,559 | 3 | $2,109 |
| Solid Waste Management |
10 | $26,300 | $31,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
10 | $42,048 | $50,458 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
12 | $37,570 | $37,570 | 8 | $9,308 |
| Water Supply |
27 | $93,541 | $41,574 | 4 | $3,651 |
| Electric Power |
8 | $37,740 | $56,610 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
10 | $32,248 | $38,698 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
5 | $14,853 | $35,647 | 3 | $5,185 |
| Other and Unallocable |
12 | $37,496 | $37,496 | 1 | $2,226 |
| Totals for Government |
183 | $658,771 | $43,198 | 59 | $36,716 |
Safford government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $2,758,000 ($280.51)
Solid Waste Management: $514,000 ($52.28)
Parks & Recreation: $338,000 ($34.38)
All Other: $46,000 ($4.68)
- Construction - Sewerage: $4,376,000 ($445.08)
Water Utilities: $1,604,000 ($163.14)
Judicial & Legal: $655,000 ($66.62)
Regular Highways: $196,000 ($19.93)
Electric Utilities: $52,000 ($5.29)
Parks & Recreation: $51,000 ($5.19)
General Public Buildings: $41,000 ($4.17)
Gas Utilities: $33,000 ($3.36)
Financial Administration: $17,000 ($1.73)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $4,281,000 ($435.41)
Water Utilities: $2,837,000 ($288.55)
Gas Utilities: $2,022,000 ($205.66)
Police Protection: $1,420,000 ($144.43)
Central Staff Services: $1,034,000 ($105.17)
Regular Highways: $917,000 ($93.27)
Parks & Recreation: $719,000 ($73.13)
Sewerage: $659,000 ($67.03)
Solid Waste Management: $636,000 ($64.69)
Financial Administration: $603,000 ($61.33)
General - Other: $598,000 ($60.82)
Judicial and Legal Services: $403,000 ($40.99)
Fire Protection: $382,000 ($38.85)
Libraries: $352,000 ($35.80)
General Public Buildings: $312,000 ($31.73)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $60,000 ($6.10)
Air Transportation: $46,000 ($4.68)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $60,000 ($6.10)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $109,000 ($11.09)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $153,000 ($15.56)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $16,663,000 ($1694.77)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $15,471,000 ($1573.54)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $1,192,000 ($121.24)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $135,000 ($13.73)
Interest Earnings: $107,000 ($10.88)
Rents: $21,000 ($2.14)
Special Assessments: $13,000 ($1.32)
- Other Capital Outlay - Air Transportation: $113,000 ($11.49)
Regular Highways: $20,000 ($2.03)
Fire Protection: $10,000 ($1.02)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,633,000 ($674.63)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $5,325,000 ($541.60)
Water Utilities: $3,390,000 ($344.79)
Gas Utilities: $2,103,000 ($213.89)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $839,000 ($85.33)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,676,000 ($170.46)
All Other: $899,000 ($91.44)
Highways: $751,000 ($76.38)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $2,634,000 ($267.90)
Public Utilities: $596,000 ($60.62)
Property: $411,000 ($41.80)
NEC: $37,000 ($3.76)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $5,521,000 ($561.53)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,125,000 ($114.42)
8.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,160 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.56% | | Arizona average: | 8.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,002 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.41% | | Arizona average: | 5.96% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Safford:
- KATO (1230 AM; 1 kW; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KFLT (830 AM; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FAMILY LIFE B/CING SYSTEM, INC.)
- KUAZ (1550 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- KHIL (1250 AM; 5 kW; WILLCOX, AZ; Owner: LAKESHORE MEDIA, LLC)
- KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KMIK (1580 AM; 50 kW; TEMPE, AZ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KPXQ (1360 AM; 50 kW; GLENDALE, AZ; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KTKT (990 AM; 10 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORP.)
- KEVT (1030 AM; 10 kW; CORTARO, AZ; Owner: ONE MART CORP.)
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KQTL (1210 AM; 10 kW; SAHUARITA, AZ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF TUCSON LICENSE CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Safford:
- KXKQ (94.1 FM; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K208BT (89.5 FM; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: AZ BD OF REGENTS/UNIV. OF ARIZONA)
- KJIK (100.7 FM; DUNCAN, AZ; Owner: WILLIAM S. KONOPNICKI)
- K204CE (88.7 FM; CLIFTON, AZ; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- KFMM (99.1 FM; THATCHER, AZ; Owner: WICK COMMUNICATIONS CO.)
- KGMG (106.3 FM; ORACLE, AZ; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KWCX-FM (104.9 FM; WILLCOX, AZ; Owner: LAKESHORE MEDIA, LLC)
- K255AC (98.9 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUN. COLLEGE DIST)
- KWRQ (102.3 FM; CLIFTON, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K263AA (100.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KZLZ-FM2 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KUAT-FM (90.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- KCDX (103.1 FM; FLORENCE, AZ; Owner: DESERT WEST AIR RANCHERS CORPORATION)
- K292CM (106.3 FM; SUMMERHAVEN, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORPORATION)
- KZLZ-FM1 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KVJC (91.9 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- KRXS-FM (97.3 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: LINDA C. POTYKA)
- KMRR (100.3 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
- KXCI (91.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Safford, Arizona:
- Fatal accident count: 22
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 28
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 7
- Fatalities: 23
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 55
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 5
Arizona average:
- Fatal accident count: 274
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 437
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 102
- Fatalities: 296
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 783
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 47
See more detailed statistics of Safford fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
| Most common first names in Safford, AZ among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| William | 74 | 74.4 years |
| Robert | 74 | 70.8 years |
| John | 70 | 72.9 years |
| Mary | 68 | 78.3 years |
| James | 58 | 75.0 years |
| George | 55 | 78.9 years |
| Frank | 37 | 74.4 years |
| Charles | 35 | 76.0 years |
| Frances | 26 | 77.1 years |
| Maria | 26 | 81.5 years |
| Most common last names in Safford, AZ among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Smith | 42 | 76.0 years |
| Garcia | 37 | 70.9 years |
| Sanchez | 29 | 75.0 years |
| Williams | 29 | 72.5 years |
| Johnson | 28 | 76.0 years |
| Rodriguez | 27 | 70.0 years |
| Nelson | 24 | 80.9 years |
| Morris | 23 | 78.1 years |
| Jones | 22 | 76.6 years |
| Taylor | 20 | 69.3 years |
| Businesses in Safford, AZ |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AT&T | 1 | | Lane Furniture | 1 |
| Arby's | 1 | | McDonald's | 2 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | Quality | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | | Super 8 | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | UPS | 3 |
| FedEx | 2 | | Walmart | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | | |
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- #89 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest daily high temperatures (population 5,000+)"
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