County population in 2016: 73,112 (26% urban, 74% rural); it was 69,423 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 4,529 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 12,595 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 14,844 Renter-occupied apartments: 5,647 (it was 5,127 in 2000)
% of renters here:
26%
State:
34%
Land area: 11205 sq. mi.
Water area: 13.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 7 people per square mile (very low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Apache County: 81.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Estimated median household income in 2016: $34,685 ($23,344 in 1999)
This county:
$34,685
Arizona:
$53,558
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $311 (lower quartile is $195, upper quartile is $525)
This county:
$311
State:
$824
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $72,800 (it was $39,200 in 2000)
Apache:
$72,800
Arizona:
$205,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $36,600 - $126,800 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $907 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $187
Institutionalized population: 503
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 44
Burglaries: 77
Thefts: 143
Auto thefts: 3
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $648 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $357 (0.5%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 33.4%
Apache County:
33.4%
Arizona:
16.4%
(12.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 32.6% for Black residents, 21.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 42.0% for American Indian residents, 59.7% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 10.0% for other race residents, 29.7% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 34.6 years old
(Males: 34.4 years old, Females: 34.7 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.9 years old, Black residents: 23.5 years old, American Indian residents: 31.6 years old, Asian residents: 66.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27.9 years old, Other race residents: 43.5 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Apache County is $426 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $504 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $699 a month.
Current college students: 3,235 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.6% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 750 (54.8% naturalized citizens)
Apache County:
1.0%
Whole state:
13.5%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 355
2000 to 2009: 289
1990 to 1999: 259
1980 to 1989: 113
1970 to 1979: 119
Before 1970: 113
Note: State values scaled to Apache County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.0%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 21,863
One, attached: 605
Two: 610
3 or 4: 806
5 to 9: 349
10 to 19: 106
20 to 49: 62
50 or more: 69
Mobile homes: 8,225
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 103
Housing units in Apache County with a mortgage: 3,835 (81 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 11,807
Here:
21.4% with mortgage
State:
64.1% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Apache County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Other
15,377
35
Catholic
15,000
13
Evangelical Protestant
3,834
73
Mainline Protestant
715
11
None
36,592
-
Apache County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 11
Apache County:
1.58 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.36 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4
This county:
0.57 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
0.55 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 33
Apache County:
4.74 / 10,000 pop.
Arizona:
2.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 20
This county:
2.87 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.21 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Apache County:
12.8%
Arizona:
8.0%
Adult obesity rate:
Apache County:
31.5%
State:
22.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
10.2%
State:
14.2%
Agriculture in Apache County:
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $22,721 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $44.97 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.13% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $24,959 Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 100.00% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $29,452 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.43% Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.11% Vegetables: 25 harvested acres Land in orchards: 31 acres
Earthquake activity:
Apache County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Arizona state average. It is 325% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/28/1992 at 11:57:34, a magnitude 7.6 (6.2 MB, 7.6 MS, 7.3 MW, Depth: 0.7 mi, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 414.1 miles away from Apache County center, causing 3 deaths (1 shaking deaths, 2 other deaths) and 400 injuries, causing $100,000,000 total damage and $40,000,000 insured losses On 10/16/1999 at 09:46:44, a magnitude 7.4 (6.3 MB, 7.4 MS, 7.2 MW, 7.3 ML) earthquake occurred 403.0 miles away from the county center On 5/19/1940 at 04:36:40, a magnitude 7.2 (7.2 UK) earthquake occurred 393.7 miles away from the county center, causing $33,000,000 total damage On 12/31/1934 at 18:45:56, a magnitude 7.1 (7.1 UK) earthquake occurred 415.1 miles away from the county center On 10/15/1979 at 23:16:54, a magnitude 7.0 (5.7 MB, 6.9 MS, 7.0 ML, 6.4 MW) earthquake occurred 404.4 miles away from Apache County center On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK) earthquake occurred 540.6 miles away from the county center, causing $50,000,000 total damage Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Arizona Wallow Fire, Incident Period: June 01, 2011 to June 28, 2011, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 2915, Natural disaster type: Fire
Arizona Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 20, 2010 to January 29, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3307: January 24, 2010, FEMA Id: 3307, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
Arizona Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 18, 2010 to January 22, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1888: March 18, 2010, FEMA Id: 1888, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
Arizona Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3241: September 12, 2005, FEMA Id: 3241, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Arizona Three Forks Fire, Incident Period: June 08, 2004 to June 17, 2004, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 09, 2004, FEMA Id: 2520, Natural disaster type: Fire
Arizona Wildfires, Incident Period: June 18, 2002 to July 07, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1422: June 25, 2002, FEMA Id: 1422, Natural disaster type: Fire
Arizona Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Incident Period: January 05, 1993 to March 06, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-977: January 19, 1993, FEMA Id: 977, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Arizona SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: September 23, 1983 to October 10, 1983, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-691: October 05, 1983, FEMA Id: 691, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Arizona SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: March 04, 1978, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-551: March 04, 1978, FEMA Id: 551, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Arizona Drought, Incident Period: April 15, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3038: April 15, 1977, FEMA Id: 3038, Natural disaster type: Drought
1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Apache County (11) is near the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Fires: 3, Storms: 3, Winter Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Flash Flood: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (9%)
Transportation occupations (9%)
Sales and related occupations (6%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Office and administrative support occupations (25%)
Education, training, and library occupations (13%)
Sales and related occupations (9%)
Healthcare support occupations (7%)
Personal care and service occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Management occupations (6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (45%)
India (11%)
Guatemala (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Ghana (4%)
Liberia (3%)
Hungary (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Apache County (%):
American (4%)
German (1%)
English (1%)
Irish (1%)
British (1%)
Italian (1%)
Scotch-Irish (0%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 12,966 (74.6%)
Carpooled: 1,827 (10.5%)
Bus or trolley bus: 155 (0.9%)
Railroad: 9 (0.1%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 185 (1.1%)
Bicycle: 24 (0.1%)
Walked: 930 (5.3%)
Worked at home: 1,301 (7.5%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Apache County, Arizona in 2000:
349 people in state prisons
216 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
146 people in nursing homes
78 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
64 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
55 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
45 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
37 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
33 people in other nonhousehold living situations
17 people in religious group quarters
15 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
14 people in other workers' dormitories
12 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
9 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
7 people in other group homes
6 people in other types of correctional institutions
5 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
People in group quarters in Apache County, Arizona in 2010:
333 people in state prisons
204 people in college/university student housing
117 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
95 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
51 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
49 people in group homes intended for adults
36 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
32 people in other noninstitutional facilities
14 people in residential schools for people with disabilities
7 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
3 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $36,536.
9.99% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($29,666 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
9.99%
Arizona average:
5.73%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.57% relocated from other counties in Arizona ($13,345 average AGI)
5.42% relocated from other states ($16,322 average AGI)
Apache County:
5.42%
Arizona average:
3.94%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Apache County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 8,412 (6,781 aged, 1,631 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,864 (13%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Apache County, Arizona in 1999 - 2014:
Atherosclerotic heart disease (331)
Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic (328)
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (321)
Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (282)
Pneumonia, unspecified (271)
Unspecified dementia (198)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (184)
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (175)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (167)
Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation (165)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 26% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 146.5. This is less than state average.
Mechanisms of homicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Cut/Pierce - 46.0
Other - 100.5
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 217.7. This is less than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Suffocation - 115.1
Firearm - 67.0
Other - 35.6
Household type by relationship:
Households: 73,112
In family households: 65,348 (6,888 male householders, 7,309 female householders)
8,550 spouses, 27,876 children (26,818 natural, 54 adopted, 1,004 stepchildren), 7,918 grandchildren, 1,488 brothers or sisters, 1,477 parents, 2,597 other relatives, 1,245 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,560 (3,068 male householders (2,865 living alone)), 2,753 female householders (2,543 living alone)), 739 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,204
Size of family households: 5,047 2-persons, 2,303 3-persons, 2,607 4-persons, 1,936 5-persons, 1,412 6-persons, 892 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 5,408 1-person, 413 2-persons.
8,847 married couples with children.
5,902 single-parent households (1,022 men, 4,880 women).
45.2% of residents of Apache speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
55.3% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,019,880,000 ($14,802 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $4,909,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $138,412,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $96,990,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $53,838,000 Federal grants: $598,030,000 Federal procurement contracts: $36,637,000 ($1,444,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $95,974,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $710,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,667,000 Federal Government insurance: $6,698,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 6,401
Here:
92 per 1000 residents
State:
78 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 2,800
Here:
40 per 1000 residents
State:
37 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +112
Here:
+2 per 1000 residents
State:
+28 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: -3,713
Here:
-54 per 1000 residents
State:
+69 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Apache County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.00 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
4.9
State:
6.0
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.5
State:
4.3
Year house built
2014 or later: 191
2010 to 2013: 540
2000 to 2009: 5,980
1990 to 1999: 7,037
1980 to 1989: 7,807
1970 to 1979: 5,969
1960 to 1969: 3,310
1950 to 1959: 1,169
1940 to 1949: 199
1939 or earlier: 596
Note: State values scaled to Apache population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Apache County, Arizona
Note: State values scaled to Apache County population
no vehicle: 1,938
1 vehicle: 5,192
2 vehicles: 4,396
3 vehicles: 2,638
4 vehicles: 1,220
5+ vehicles: 314
no vehicle: 422
1 vehicle: 2,027
2 vehicles: 1,310
3 vehicles: 518
4 vehicles: 43
5+ vehicles: 0
93% of Apache County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Arizona.
Apache County:
93.4%
State average:
81.5%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 54,798
Other state: 17,460
Northeast: 564
Midwest: 2,694
South: 1,100
West: 13,102
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Apache County
#2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
#29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
#75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
#78 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
#84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
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