La Paz County, AZ Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Arizona

 
La Paz County, Arizona
 
  People QuickFacts La Paz County Arizona
Population, 2005 estimate 20,238 5,939,292
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 2.7% 15.8%
Population, 2000 19,715 5,130,632
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.4% 7.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 19.7% 26.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 29.0% 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.4% 49.9%
 
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 84.2% 87.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.0% 3.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 13.2% 5.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.5% 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.0% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 22.9% 28.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 63.9% 60.4%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.2% 44.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 9.7% 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 21.6% 25.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 69.3% 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 8.7% 23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 5,379 902,252
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.2 24.9
 
Housing units, 2005 15,443 2,544,806
Homeownership rate, 2000 78.0% 68.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.4% 22.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $86,500 $121,300
 
Households, 2000 8,362 1,901,327
Persons per household, 2000 2.32 2.64
Median household income, 2003 $25,739 $41,963
Per capita money income, 1999 $14,916 $20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 17.2% 13.9%
  Business QuickFacts La Paz County Arizona
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 352 125,6931
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 3,764 2,044,1341
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -4.3% 6.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 742 334,683
 
Total number of firms, 2002 991 381,180
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA 1.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA 9.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.2% 28.8%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA 41,910,739
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D 60,976,999
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 243,687 56,457,863
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,488 $10,380
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 48,013 8,612,730
Building permits, 2005 138 90,851
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 185,796 41,979,3031
  Geography QuickFacts La Paz County Arizona
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 4,499 113,634
Persons per square mile, 2000 4.4 45.2
FIPS Code 012 04
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None  
 
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
 
 
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:34 EST
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