Navajo County, Arizona
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2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:
  • 49.3% White
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  • 0.9% Black
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  • 43.4% Native American
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  • 0.5% Asian
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  • 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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  • 2.5% Two or more races
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  • 3.3% Other races
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  • 10.8% Hispanic or Latino
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     (of any race)

2000

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 97,470 people, 30,043 households, and 23,073 families residing in the county. The population density
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 was 10 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 47,413 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 47.74% Native American
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, 45.91% White
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, 0.88% Black
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 or African American
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, 0.33% Asian
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, 0.05% Pacific Islander
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, 3.15% from other races
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, and 55.94% from two or more races. 8.22% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 24.77% reported speaking Navajo
Navajo language
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 at home, 5.94% other Southern Athabaskan languages
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, 4.71% Spanish
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, and 3.23% Hopi
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There were 30,043 households out of which 40.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were married couples
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 living together, 16.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.20% were non-families. 19.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 3.68.

In the county the population was spread out with 35.40% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 10.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 98.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,569, and the median income for a family was $32,409. Males had a median income of $30,509 versus $21,621 for females. The per capita income
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 for the county was $11,609. About 23.40% of families and 29.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.60% of those under age 18 and 20.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities

  • Holbrook
    Holbrook, Arizona
    -Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad...

  • Show Low
    Show Low, Arizona
    Winters in Show Low bring highs between 45°F and 55°F , with lows usually below freezing between November and March, averaging in the 20s December through February, and in the low 30s for November and March....

  • Winslow
    Winslow, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile . There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile...


Towns

  • Pinetop-Lakeside
    Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
    Pinetop-Lakeside is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,156. It was founded in 1984 when the neighboring towns of Pinetop and Lakeside merged....

  • Snowflake
    Snowflake, Arizona
    Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers and colonizers. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,958....

  • Taylor
    Taylor, Arizona
    Taylor is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded by Mormon settlers in January 1878, several months before the neighboring community of Snowflake, Arizona...


Census-designated places

  • Chilchinbito
    Chilchinbito, Arizona
    Chilchinbito is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 462 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chilchinbito is located at ....

  • Cibecue
    Cibecue, Arizona
    Cibecue is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2000 census.The current council leaders are Arnold Beach Sr...

  • Dilkon
    Dilkon, Arizona
    Dilkon is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is said to be derived from the Navajo phrase "smooth black rock" or "bare surface".- Government :...

  • East Fork
    East Fork, Arizona
    East Fork is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 880 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Fork is located at ....

  • First Mesa
    First Mesa, Arizona
    First Mesa is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,124, spread among three Hopi and Arizona Tewa villages atop the 5,700-foot mesa: Hano , Sitsomovi , and Waalpi .-Geography:First Mesa...

  • Greasewood
    Greasewood, Arizona
    Greasewood is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 581 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greasewood is located at ....

  • Heber-Overgaard
    Heber-Overgaard, Arizona
    Heber-Overgaard is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Situated atop the Mogollon Rim, the community lies at an elevation of around . The population was 2,722 at the 2000 census....

  • Hotevilla-Bacavi
    Hotevilla-Bacavi, Arizona
    Hotevilla-Bacavi is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation...

  • Jeddito
    Jeddito, Arizona
    Jeddito is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 390 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jeddito is located at ....

  • Kayenta
    Kayenta, Arizona
    Kayenta is a census-designated place which is part of the Navajo Nation and is in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,189 at the 2010 census. Kayenta is located south of Monument Valley and contains a number of hotels and motels which service visitors to Monument...

  • Keams Canyon
    Keams Canyon, Arizona
    Keams Canyon is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 260 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Keams Canyon is located at ....

  • Kykotsmovi Village
    Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona
    Kykotsmovi Village is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, and the home of the Hopi tribal government...

  • 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...

  • Oljato-Monument Valley
    Oljato-Monument Valley, Arizona
    Oljato-Monument Valley is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oljato-Monument Valley is located at ....

  • Pinon
    Piñon, Arizona
    Pinon is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and in the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,190 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pinon is located at ....

  • Second Mesa
    Second Mesa, Arizona
    Second Mesa is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 814, spread among three Hopi Indian villages atop the 5,700-foot mesa: Musungnuvi , Supawlavi , and Songoopavi...

  • Shongopovi
    Shongopovi, Arizona
    Shongopovi is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 632 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shongopovi is located at ....

  • Shonto
    Shonto, Arizona
    Shonto is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 568 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shonto is located at ....

  • Whiteriver
    Whiteriver, Arizona
    Whiteriver is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,220 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whiteriver is located at ....

  • Winslow West
    Winslow West, Arizona
    Winslow West is a census-designated place in Coconino and Navajo counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 131 at the 2000 census. The entire community is off-reservation trust land belonging to the Hopi tribe...


Other communities

  • Indian Wells
    Indian Wells, Arizona
    Indian Wells is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is also the name of the local Navajo chapter, legislative districts within the Navajo Nation Council...

  • Joseph City
    Joseph City, Arizona
    Joseph City is an unincorporated community located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is located on Interstate 40 about eighty miles east of Flagstaff....

  • Linden
    Linden, Arizona
    Linden is an unincorporated community located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, just west of the city of Show Low. It is situated atop the Mogollon Rim at an elevation of over 6,000 feet...

  • Oraibi
  • Pinedale
    Pinedale, Arizona
    Pinedale is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population is estimated at 302. The elevation is approximately 6500 ft and it is part of the Mogollon Rim mountain range....


Education

School districts that serve the county include:
  • Blue Ridge Unified School District
    Blue Ridge Unified School District
    The Blue Ridge Unified School District is the school district for Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona. It operates five distinct schools on two campuses; a high school , junior high, middle school , intermediate , and elementary school...

  • Cedar Unified School District
    Cedar Unified School District
    Cedar Unified School District is a school district based in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.The school district serves several unincorporated areas of Navajo County, including First Mesa, Hotevilla-Bacavi, Jeddito, Keams Canyon, Kykotsmovi Village, Second Mesa, and Shongopovi.-High schools:*...

  • Heber-Overgaard Unified School District
  • Holbrook Unified School District
    Holbrook Unified School District
    Holbrook Unified School District is a school district based in Holbrook, Arizona, United States.Holbrook serves the city of Holbrook and several unincorporated areas in Navajo County, Arizona .-High schools:...

  • Joseph City Unified School District
  • Kayenta Unified School District
  • Piñon Unified School District
    Piñon Unified School District
    Piñon Unified School District #4 is a school district in Piñon, Arizona in the United States.-External links:*...

  • Show Low Unified School District
    Show Low Unified School District
    The Show Low Unified School District is the school district for Show Low, Arizona. The superintendent is Kevin Brackney.-High schools:*Show Low High SchoolThe district also includes White Mountain Academy, an online school....

  • Snowflake Unified School District
  • Whiteriver Unified School District
    Whiteriver Unified School District
    Whiteriver Unified School District is a school district in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.The district serves parts of Navajo County, including the communities of Cibecue, East Fork, and Whiteriver.-Elementary schools:...

  • Winslow Unified School District
    Winslow Unified School District
    The Winslow Unified School District is the school district for Winslow, Arizona. It includes three elementary schools ; a junior high school; and Winslow High School. The superintendent is Douglas Watson....


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