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Fort Defiance, AZ

3,351 Population
6.4 square miles 522.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Apache County: 36.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$21,644 ±$2,990 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Apache County: $20,885 ±$897
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
$56,045 ±$5,257 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Apache County: $41,438 ±$2,581
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407

13.3% ±6.6% (446  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Apache County: 30.5% 19,517 (±2% / ±1,291)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)

18.9 minutes ±3.6 (24,555  ±6,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Apache County: 28.1 481,220 (±0.9 / ±25,006)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)

Families

1,017 ±136 Number of households
  • Apache County: 21,100 ±437
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
3.3 ±0.1 (3,351  ±467) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Apache County: 3 63,831 (±0.1 / ±130)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416

11.2% ±9.3% (110  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Apache County: 6.2% † 887 (±1.6% / ±224)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)

Housing

1,229 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Apache County: 28,997 ±87
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631

$37,400 ±$5,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Apache County: $63,700 ±$3,664
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474

3.9% ±3.1% (130  ±104.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Apache County: 4.2% † 2,687 (±1% / ±629.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)

Social

92.8% ±7.3% (1,815  ±285.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Apache County: 85% 36,004 (±2.7% / ±1,161)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
21.3% ±5.4% (417  ±119.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Apache County: 16.6% 7,015 (±1.4% / ±593.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±2.7% (101  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Apache County: 1.6% 1,039
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784

5.1% ±1.9% (131  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Apache County: 5% † 2,400 (±0.6% / ±267)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
131 Total veterans ±53 89 Male ±41 42 Female ±35

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