For population 15 years and over in Whetstone CDP:
Never married: 16.1%
Now married: 61.2%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 5.1%
Divorced: 16.0%
152 residents are foreign born (3.4% Latin America, 2.3% Europe, 0.8% Asia).
This place:
6.5%
Arizona:
12.8%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $780 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $345 (0.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tucson, AZ (48.6 miles , pop. 486,699).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (161.4 miles , pop. 1,321,045).
The number of natural disasters in Cochise County (9) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 3, Fires: 3, Storms: 3, Heavy Rain: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Drought: 1, Flash Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Whetstone:
SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER INC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; SIERRA VISTA, AZ)
BENSON HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 24 miles away; BENSON, AZ)
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 30 miles away; DOUGLAS, AZ)
Amtrak station near Whetstone:
19 miles: BENSON (4TH & SAN PEDRO STS.) . Services: partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, intercity bus service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Whetstone:
University of Phoenix-Southern Arizona Campus (about 48 miles; Tucson, AZ; Full-time enrollment: 2,465)
University of Arizona (about 51 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 33,106)
Pima Community College (about 53 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 11,708)
Eastern Arizona College (about 86 miles; Thatcher, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,285)
Chandler/Gilbert Community College (about 139 miles; Chandler, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,924)
Mesa Community College (about 147 miles; Mesa, AZ; FT enrollment: 8,853)
Arizona State University (about 151 miles; Tempe, AZ; FT enrollment: 54,626)
Cochise 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: 11.4%
(11.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 15.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 71.6% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.5 people
Arizona:
2.8 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
66.8%
Whole state:
68.6%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
7.2%
Whole state:
6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Whetstone (based on Cochise County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 40.77%
Here
40.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Southern Baptist Convention
LDS (Mormon) Church
Assemblies of God
United Methodist Church
Adherents
53.8%
12.5%
10.9%
4.6%
3.1%
Congregations
11.4%
12.8%
10.7%
11.4%
6.7%
Name
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Churches of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Church of the Nazarene
Other
Adherents
1.5%
1.3%
1.3%
1.1%
10.0%
Congregations
2.7%
6.0%
1.3%
3.4%
33.6%
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: 16
Cochise County:
1.25 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.36 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 8
This county:
0.63 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
0.55 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 56
Cochise County:
4.38 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
2.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 100
This county:
7.82 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.21 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Cochise County:
8.4%
Arizona:
8.0%
Adult obesity rate:
Cochise County:
22.4%
State:
22.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
9.0%
State:
14.2%
11.41% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,687 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
11.41%
Arizona average:
8.20%
1.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($3,453 average AGI)
Cochise County:
1.11%
Arizona average:
0.18%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Radio, TV, and computer and software, and other electronic stores"
#68 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Business operations specialists"
#79 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Personal and laundry services"
#80 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors"
#85 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Office supplies and stationery stores"
#92 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations"
#26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006"
#37 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006"
#37 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
#46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
#53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
