U.S. Beacon February 10, 2025

Safford, AZ

Graham County, Arizona

Latitude: 32.823266     Longitude: -109.714613
Population 8,932 (2005)
Elevation of Safford, Arizona: 2913 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0462000, place: Safford city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,832 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 171 (6.04%)
Kindergarten: 131 (4.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,335 (47.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 688 (24.29%)
College or graduate school: 507 (17.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,506 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 535 (9.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 649 (11.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,657 (30.09%)
Some college, no degree: 1,342 (24.37%)
Associate degree: 499 (9.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 426 (7.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 398 (7.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,910 (100%)
Never married: 1,520 (22%)
Now married, except separated: 3,703 (53.59%)
Separated: 137 (1.98%)
Total Widowed: 729 (10.55%)
Widowed Female: 568 (8.22%)
Total Divorced: 821 (11.88%)
Divorced Female: 514 (7.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 287 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 139 (48.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,410 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 911 (14.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,552 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (6.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 924 (21.54%)
----Percent employed: 41.7%
--No disability: 3,366 (78.46%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,440 (100%)
--With a disability: 701 (48.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,491 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,643 (54.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,792 (44.66%)
--Same county: 1,908 (22.47%)
--Different county: 1,884 (22.19%)
----Same state: 1,231 (14.5%)
----Different state: 653 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,224 (100%)
Native: 8,883 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 8,854 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,868 (63.62%)
----Different state: 2,986 (32.37%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 341 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 84 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 154 (1.67%)
--Not a citizen: 187 (2.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 341 (100%)
Europe: 42 (12.32%)
Asia: 40 (11.73%)
Africa: 5 (1.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 240 (70.38%)
Northern America: 14 (4.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,491 (100%)
English only: 6,406 (75.44%)
Language other than English: 2,085 (24.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (5.26%)
--Spanish: 2,004 (23.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 424 (4.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 48 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,224 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,232% (100.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 178 (1.93%)
Dutch: 151 (1.64%)
English: 1,151 (12.48%)
French (except Basque): 234 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 35 (0.38%)
German: 795 (8.62%)
Greek: 8 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 728 (7.89%)
Italian: 155 (1.68%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 142 (1.54%)
Polish: 49 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 127 (1.38%)
Scottish: 184 (1.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.43%)
Swedish: 226 (2.45%)
Swiss: 68 (0.74%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.15%)
United States or American: 600 (6.5%)
Welsh: 56 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 4,269 (46.28%)

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