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Fort Defiance, AZ

3,614 Population
6.4 square miles 564 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Apache County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,230 ±$3,479 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Apache County: $20,100 ±$894
  • about half the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$56,250 ±$5,101 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Apache County: $40,338 ±$2,657
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

16.9% ±8.5% (612  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Apache County: 31.2% 20,070 (±1.9% / ±1,197)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

17.2 minutes ±2.2 (22,440  ±4,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Apache County: 28.1 467,975 (±1.1 / ±26,484)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

984 ±111 Number of households
  • Apache County: 20,439 ±408
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
3.7 ±0.3 (3,614  ±518) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Apache County: 3.1 64,155 (±0.1 / ±108)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

12.7% ±7.8% (133  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Apache County: 5.9% † 849 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

1,186 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Apache County: 29,001 ±70
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$37,800 ±$3,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Apache County: $68,500 ±$5,629
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

3.9% ±2.8% (139  ±100.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Apache County: 4.7% † 3,040 (±0.9% / ±553.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

92.1% ±5.8% (1,963  ±294.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Apache County: 84.9% 36,069 (±3% / ±1,263.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
17.2% ±4.6% (367  ±109.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Apache County: 15.3% † 6,485 (±1.5% / ±655.4)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

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

1.8% ±2.2% (65  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Apache County: 1.4% 911
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

6% ±2.2% (159  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Apache County: 5.3% † 2,571 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
159 Total veterans ±61 135 Male ±57 24 Female ±27

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