Rio Rico Southwest, Arizona
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Males: 1,503 | (48.9%) |
Females: 1,573 | (51.1%) |
Median resident age: | 27.8 years |
Arizona median age: | 34.2 years |
Zip codes: 85648.
Rio Rico Southwest: | $65,459 |
AZ: | $74,568 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $23,575 (it was $11,763 in 2000)
Rio Rico Southwest CDP income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $251,565 (it was $94,700 in 2000)
Rio Rico Southwest: | $251,565 |
AZ: | $402,800 |
Rio Rico Southwest, AZ residents, houses, and apartments details
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rio Rico Southwest, AZ
- 2,36485.1%Hispanic
- 36813.3%White alone
- 200.7%Asian alone
- 110.4%Two or more races
- 90.3%American Indian alone
- 30.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 20.07%Black alone
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Ancestries: United States (3.1%), German (1.8%), Irish (1.8%), Italian (1.8%), English (1.0%).
Current Local Time: MST (no DST) time zone
Land area: 19.2 square miles.
Population density: 160 people per square mile (very low).
1,070 residents are foreign born (36.3% Latin America).
This place: | 38.5% |
Arizona: | 12.8% |
Rio Rico Southwest CDP: | 0.9% ($878) |
Arizona: | 0.9% ($962) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Arivaca, AZ (32.1 miles , pop. 50,441).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Tucson, AZ (53.1 miles , pop. 486,699).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (156.7 miles , pop. 1,321,045).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 31.45 N, Longitude: 111.01 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 520
Here: | 7.0% |
Arizona: | 3.8% |
- Educational services (13.0%)
- Public administration (11.4%)
- Construction (7.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.0%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (7.0%)
- Food & beverage stores (6.4%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (6.3%)
- Public administration (14.3%)
- Construction (12.2%)
- Accommodation & food services (10.1%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (9.3%)
- Educational services (7.8%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (6.8%)
- Food & beverage stores (4.9%)
- Educational services (19.9%)
- Health care (10.8%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (10.3%)
- Food & beverage stores (8.5%)
- Public administration (7.4%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (4.0%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, souvenir, other miscellaneous stores (4.0%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (11.2%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (7.6%)
- Law enforcement workers, including supervisors (5.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (5.1%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4.1%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (3.6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3.3%)
- Law enforcement workers, including supervisors (9.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (9.3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6.1%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.3%)
- Carpenters (4.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.2%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (13.7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (13.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (9.1%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6.0%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5.4%)
- Teachers, secondary school (5.1%)
- Art and design workers (5.1%)
Average climate in Rio Rico Southwest, Arizona
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 85.6. This is about average.
City: | 85.6 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 29.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 11.5 miles away from the city center.
City: | 29.8 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 36.9. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 7.2 miles away from the city center.
City: | 36.9 |
U.S.: | 19.2 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 7.63. This is about average. Closest monitor was 8.8 miles away from the city center.
City: | 7.63 |
U.S.: | 8.11 |
Earthquake activity:
Rio Rico Southwest-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Arizona state average. It is 1300% 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 372.7 miles away from the city 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 5/19/1940 at 04:36:40, a magnitude 7.2 (7.2 UK) earthquake occurred 300.3 miles away from Rio Rico Southwest center, causing $33,000,000 total damage
On 12/31/1934 at 18:45:56, a magnitude 7.1 (7.1 UK) earthquake occurred 291.5 miles away from the city 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 287.3 miles away from Rio Rico Southwest center
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 379.6 miles away from Rio Rico Southwest center
On 1/4/2006 at 08:32:32, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 MW, Depth: 8.7 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 236.9 miles away from Rio Rico Southwest center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Santa Cruz County (7) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4
Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Fire: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Rio Rico Southwest:
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rio Rico Southwest:
- Pima Community College (about 54 miles; Tucson, AZ; Full-time enrollment: 18,794)
- University of Arizona (about 55 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 36,324)
- Pima Medical Institute-Tucson (about 56 miles; Tucson, AZ; FT enrollment: 2,357)
- Cochise College (about 78 miles; Douglas, AZ; FT enrollment: 8,597)
- Central Arizona College (about 111 miles; Coolidge, AZ; FT enrollment: 4,893)
- Eastern Arizona College (about 121 miles; Thatcher, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,810)
- Arizona State University-Polytechnic (about 135 miles; Mesa, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,311)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Rio Rico Fire District Station 2 (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: White Oak Tank (A), Walker Tank (B), Twin Tank (C), Rock Tank (D), H Six Tank (E), Cruz Canyon Tank (F), Caralampi Tank (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
This place: | 3.8 people |
Arizona: | 2.6 people |
This place: | 93.0% |
Whole state: | 68.2% |
This place: | 3.3% |
Whole state: | 6.2% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
This place: | 12.2% |
Whole state: | 13.9% |
This place: | 4.3% |
Whole state: | 6.2% |
For population 15 years and over in Rio Rico Southwest:
- Never married: 13.9%
- Now married: 76.7%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 2.4%
- Divorced: 5.3%
For population 25 years and over in Rio Rico Southwest:
- High school or higher: 66.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 11.4%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.5 minutes
Here: | 14.9 |
Arizona average: | 13.1 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Rio Rico Southwest, AZ (based on Santa Cruz County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 15,217 | 7 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,009 | 29 |
Other | 966 | 3 |
Mainline Protestant | 459 | 4 |
None | 28,769 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Santa Cruz County: | 2.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Arizona: | 1.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Santa Cruz County: | 0.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Arizona: | 0.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Santa Cruz County: | 4.24 / 10,000 pop. |
Arizona: | 2.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 7.77 / 10,000 pop. |
Arizona: | 6.21 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.1% |
Arizona: | 8.0% |
Santa Cruz County: | 21.6% |
State: | 22.8% |
Here: | 15.8% |
Arizona: | 14.2% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Rio Rico Southwest:
- KFLT (830 AM; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FAMILY LIFE B/CING SYSTEM, INC.)
- KUAZ (1550 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- KQTL (1210 AM; 10 kW; SAHUARITA, AZ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF TUCSON LICENSE CORP.)
- KTKT (990 AM; 10 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORP.)
- KEVT (1030 AM; 10 kW; CORTARO, AZ; Owner: ONE MART CORP.)
- KNST (790 AM; 5 kW; TUCSON, AZ)
- KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KSAZ (580 AM; 5 kW; MARANA, AZ; Owner: OWL BROADCASTING & DEVELOPMENT, INC.)
- KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KMIK (1580 AM; 50 kW; TEMPE, AZ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KPXQ (1360 AM; 50 kW; GLENDALE, AZ; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KJLL (1330 AM; 5 kW; SOUTH TUCSON, AZ; Owner: HUDSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- KGVY (1080 AM; daytime; 1 kW; GREEN VALLEY, AZ; Owner: GREEN VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rio Rico Southwest:
- KWFM-FM (97.1 FM; GREEN VALLEY, AZ; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- K261CK (100.1 FM; SAN XAVIER, AZ; Owner: WORLD RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- KXCI (91.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOFH (99.1 FM; NOGALES, AZ; Owner: FELIX CORPORATION)
- KZLZ-FM2 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- K263AA (100.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- K255AC (98.9 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUN. COLLEGE DIST)
- KUAT-FM (90.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- K292CM (106.3 FM; SUMMERHAVEN, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORPORATION)
- KZLZ-FM1 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KGMG (106.3 FM; ORACLE, AZ; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KIIM-FM (99.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KOYT (92.9 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KHYT (107.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KRQQ (93.7 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KMXZ-FM (94.9 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KRMB (90.1 FM; BISBEE, AZ; Owner: WORLD RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- KCDQ (95.3 FM; DOUGLAS, AZ; Owner: COCHISE BROADCASTING, LLC (A WYOMING LLC))
- KWCD (92.3 FM; BISBEE, AZ; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- KWRB (90.9 FM; BISBEE, AZ; Owner: WORLD RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Rio Rico Southwest:
- KMSB-TV (Channel 11; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: KMSB-TV, INC.)
Rio Rico Southwest fatal accident list:
May 5, 2017 05:08 PM, I-17, Lat: 31.484842, Lon: -111.003750, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 18, 2017 01:11 AM, I-19, Lat: 31.468019, Lon: -110.996431, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 3, 2013 05:32 PM, I-19, Lat: 31.454428, Lon: -110.982872, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jan 18, 2011 02:29 PM, I-19, Lat: 31.456139, Lon: -110.985156, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 11Number of bridges
- 92ft / 28.0mTotal length
- $1,000Total costs
- 109,518Total average daily traffic
- 15,228Total average daily truck traffic
- New bridges - historical statistics
- 11940-1949
- 11950-1959
- 51960-1969
- 11970-1979
- 11990-1999
- 22000-2009
- 51.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 47.1%Electricity
- 1.2%Wood
- 66.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 23.3%Electricity
- 10.0%Utility gas
Rio Rico Southwest compared to Arizona state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
Rio Rico Southwest on our top lists:
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest percentage of family households, population 1,000+"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"