Santa Cruz County, Arizona Demographics

Santa Cruz County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Foreign born residents

Santa Cruz County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Santa Cruz County is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in People per household

Santa Cruz County is 1st in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Female residents

Santa Cruz County is 1st in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Foreign born residents

Santa Cruz County is 1st in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Santa Cruz County is 1st in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Race - White

Santa Cruz County is 2nd in Arizona out of 15 other counties in People per household

Santa Cruz County is 2nd in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Santa Cruz County is 2nd in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Santa Cruz County is 3rd in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Income below poverty line

Santa Cruz County is 4th in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Santa Cruz County is 4th in Arizona out of 15 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Current population (2012)	47,303	12th	6,553,255	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,236.9	15th	113,594.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	38.3	4th	56.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	4th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.4%	2nd	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	10th	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.2%	15th	85.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	7th	26.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Race - White	96.6%	1st	84.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	14th	4.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	15th	5.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	11th	3.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	15th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	82.7%	1st	30.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	15th	57.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Female residents	52.1%	1st	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	32.7%	1st	13.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Housing units	18,105	12th	2,864,335	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.3%	4th	20.6%	25.9%
Households	13,114	12th	2,344,215	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.9%	11th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$152,700	8th	$197,400	$186,200
People per household	3.5	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	34	12th	21,726	829,658

Income Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Income per capita	$17,577	12th	$25,784	$27,915
Income per household	$38,092	12th	$50,752	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.2%	3rd	16.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	Arizona	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,128	10th	130,305	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,588	11th	2,108,561	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,599	11th	491,529	27,092,908
Retail sales	$681,267	10th	$86,758,801	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,958	2nd	$13,637	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$67,226	11th	$13,268,514	$613,795,732