2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:

• 23.3% White
  White American
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• 0.2% Black
  African American
  African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
  
  
• 72.9% Native American
  Native Americans in the United States
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• 0.3% Asian
  Asian American
  Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
  
  
• 0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  Pacific Islander American
  Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...
  
  
• 2.0% Two or more races
  Multiracial American
  Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their...
  
  
• 1.3% Other races
  Race (United States Census)
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• 5.8% Hispanic or Latino
  Hispanic and Latino Americans
  Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
  
   (of any race)

2000

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 69,423 people, 19,971 households, and 15,257 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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 was 6 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 31,621 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 76.88% Native American

Race (United States Census)

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, 19.50% White

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, 0.25% Black

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 or African American

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, 0.13% Asian

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, 0.06% Pacific Islander

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, 1.75% from other races

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, and 1.43% from two or more races. 4.49% of the population were Hispanic

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 or Latino

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 of any race. 58.39% reported speaking Navajo

Navajo language

Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...

 at home, while 38.39% speak English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and 2.71% Spanish

Spanish language

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 http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=4&county_id=1&mode=geographic&order=r.

There were 19,971 households out of which 43.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.30% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 21.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.60% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 4.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 38.50% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 18.70% from 45 to 64, and 8.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,344, and the median income for a family was $26,315. Males had a median income of $30,182 versus $22,312 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $8,986. About 33.50% of families and 37.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.80% of those under age 18 and 36.50% of those age 65 or over. The county's per-capita income

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 makes it one of the poorest counties in the United States.

Apache County is one of only 38 county-level census divisions of the United States where the most spoken language is not English and one of only 3 where it is neither English nor Spanish. 58.32% of the population speak Navajo

Navajo language

Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan language spoken in the southwestern United States. It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages .Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the...

 at home, followed by English at 38.34% and Spanish at 2.72%.http://www.mla.org

In 2000, the largest denominational group was the Catholics (with 19,965 adherents). The largest religious bodies were The Catholic Church (with 19,965 members) and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York. Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American...

 (with 8,947 members).

Census-designated places

• Burnside
  Burnside, Arizona
  Burnside is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 632 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Burnside is located at ....
  
  
• Chinle
  Chinle, Arizona
  Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chinle is located at ....
  
  
• Dennehotso
  Dennehotso, Arizona
  Dennehotso is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 734 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dennehotso is located at ....
  
  
• Fort Defiance
  Fort Defiance, Arizona
  Fort Defiance is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,061 at the 2000 census.- History :...
  
  
• Ganado
  Ganado, Arizona
  Ganado is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2000 census.Ganado is part of the Navajo Nation...
  
  
• Houck
  Houck, Arizona
  Houck is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,087 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Houck is located at ....
  
  
• Lukachukai
  Lukachukai, Arizona
  Lukachukai is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,565 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lukachukai, a Diné word translated as "Many White Reeds", is located at ....
  
  
• Many Farms
  Many Farms, Arizona
  Many Farms is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Many Farms is located at ....
  
  
• McNary
  McNary, Arizona
  McNary is a census-designated place in Apache and Navajo counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 349 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Nazlini
  Nazlini, Arizona
  Nazlini is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 397 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nazlini is located at ....
  
  
• Red Mesa
  Red Mesa, Arizona
  Red Mesa is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Red Mesa is located at ....
  
  
• Rock Point
  Rock Point, Arizona
  Rock Point is a census-designated place in the Dinetah, in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rock Point is located at ....
  
  
• Rough Rock
  Rough Rock, Arizona
  Rough Rock is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rough Rock is located at ....
  
  
• Round Rock
  Round Rock, Arizona
  Round Rock is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 601 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Round Rock is located at ....
  
  
• Sawmill
  Sawmill, Arizona
  Sawmill is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 612 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sawmill is located at ....
  
  
• St. Michaels
  St. Michaels, Arizona
  St. Michaels is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:St...
  
  
• Steamboat
  Steamboat, Arizona
  Steamboat is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 233 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Steamboat is located at ....
  
  
• Teec Nos Pos
  Teec Nos Pos, Arizona
  Teec Nos Pos is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 799 at the 2000 census. The Navajo name of this community translates as "cottonwoods in a Circle". It is the western terminus of U.S...
  
  
• Tsaile
  Tsaile, Arizona
  Tsaile is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, within the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,078 at the 2000 census....
  
  
• Window Rock
  Window Rock, Arizona
  Window Rock is the seat of government and capital of the Navajo Nation, the largest territory of a sovereign Native American nation in North America. Window Rock contains the Navajo Nation Council, the Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park, as well as the Navajo Nation World War II Memorial...
  
  

Other communities

• Alpine
  Alpine, Arizona
  Alpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876 by Anderson Bush who built a log house originally known as "Fort Bush". Bush sold his holdings in 1879 to William Maxwell and Fred...
  
  
• Concho
  Concho, Arizona
  Concho is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Concho is located on Arizona State Route 61 west of St. Johns. Concho has the ZIP code 85924....
  
  
• Greer
  Greer, Arizona
  Greer is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It lies at an elevation of approximately 8,500 feet in the White Mountains of Arizona, and is surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Greer was founded around 1879 by Mormon settlers from Utah...
  
  
• Sanders
  Sanders, Arizona
  Sanders is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Sanders is located at the junction of US 191 and Interstate 40, within the Navajo Nation....
  
  
• Vernon
  Vernon, Arizona
  Vernon is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Vernon is east of Show Low. Vernon has a post office with ZIP code 85940....
  
  

Notable residents

• Don Lorenzo Hubbell
  Don Lorenzo Hubbell
  Don Lorenzo Hubbell was a 19th century trader instrumental in promoting the sale of Navajo art. He was also sheriff of Apache County, Arizona, a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature, and after statehood a member of the Arizona Senate...
  
  
• Rex E. Lee
  Rex E. Lee
  Rex Edwin Lee from St. Johns, Arizona was a Constitutional lawyer, a law clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the United States Solicitor General under the Reagan administration. He argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court...
  
  
• David King Udall
  David King Udall
  David King Udall, Sr. was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the founder of the Udall political family. His great-grandsons Mark and Tom currently represent the Colorado and New Mexico in the United States Senate, respectively.-Childhood years:David King Udall was born in...
  
  
• Mo Udall
  Mo Udall
  Morris King "Mo" Udall was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991...
  
  
• Stewart Udall
  Stewart Udall
  Stewart Lee Udall was an American politician. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B...
  
  
• William Cooper
• John Wayne
  John Wayne
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Primary and secondary schools

The following School districts serve Apache County:

• Alpine Elementary School District
  Alpine Elementary School District
  Alpine Elementary School District is a K-8 school district with headquarters in Alpine, unincorporated Apache County, Arizona. It consists of one school, Alpine Elementary School.-External links:*...
  
  
• Chinle Unified School District
  Chinle Unified School District
  Chinle Unified School District is a school district in Apache County, Arizona, United States.Chinle USD serves several unincorporated areas Apache County, including Chinle, Lukachukai, Many Farms, Rough Rock, and Tsaile. Some areas considered to be Cottonwood, Nazlini, Tselani, and Wheatfields are...
  
  
• Concho Elementary School District
  Concho Elementary School District
  Concho Elementary School District is a K-8 school district located in Concho, unincorporated Apache County, Arizona. Its only school is Concho Elementary School.-External links:*...
  
  
• Ganado Unified School District
  Ganado Unified School District
  Ganado Unified School District is located in Ganado, Arizona, Apache County. The district includes four schools: Ganado High School, Ganado Middle School, Ganado Intermediate School and Ganado Primary School...
  
  
• McNary Elementary School District
  McNary Elementary School District
  The McNary Elementary School District is the K–8 school district for the town of McNary, Arizona, in the United States. It operates one school, the McNary Elementary School. The district once was affiliated with a high school, the McNary High School, which closed in 1980...
  
  
• Red Mesa Unified School District
  Red Mesa Unified School District
  Red Mesa Unified School District #27 is a school district headquartered in Red Mesa, unincorporated Apache County, Arizona, near Teec Nos Pos.Originally the territory was within the Chinle School District. The Red Mesa elementary school and the Red Mesa Junior High School were constructed in the...
  
  
• Round Valley Unified School District
  Round Valley Unified School District
  The Round Valley Unified School District is an Arizona school district comprising five schools in Apache County, Arizona. The towns that house the schools of RVUSD include Eagar and Springerville, Arizona. As of 2006, RVUSD has 1610 students...
  
  
• Sanders Unified School District
• St Johns Unified School District
• Vernon Elementary School District
• Window Rock Unified School District
  Window Rock Unified School District
  Window Rock Unified School District is a school district within Apache County, Arizona, USA. WRUSD comprises seven schools within a 65-mile radius.WRUSD serves several unincorporated areas, including Fort Defiance, Sawmill, St...
  
  

In addition several other schools, including charter schools and tribal schools operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs's Office of Education Programs, serve the county.

Public libraries

The Apache County Library District, headquartered in St. Johns, operates public libraries in the county. The branches include Alpine

Alpine, Arizona

Alpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876 by Anderson Bush who built a log house originally known as "Fort Bush". Bush sold his holdings in 1879 to William Maxwell and Fred...

 Public Library (unincorporated area

Unincorporated area

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), Concho

Concho, Arizona

Concho is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Concho is located on Arizona State Route 61 west of St. Johns. Concho has the ZIP code 85924....

 Public Library (unincorporated area), Greer

Greer, Arizona

Greer is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It lies at an elevation of approximately 8,500 feet in the White Mountains of Arizona, and is surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Greer was founded around 1879 by Mormon settlers from Utah...

 Memorial Library (unincorporated area), Round Valley Public Library (Eagar

Eagar, Arizona

Eagar is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,126.Eagar was first settled in 1871.-Geography:Eagar is located at ....

), Sanders

Sanders, Arizona

Sanders is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Sanders is located at the junction of US 191 and Interstate 40, within the Navajo Nation....

 Public Library (unincorporated area), St. Johns Public Library (St. Johns), and Vernon

Vernon, Arizona

Vernon is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Vernon is east of Show Low. Vernon has a post office with ZIP code 85940....

 Public Library (unincorporated area).

External links

• Apache County Website