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Fort Defiance, AZ

3,723 Population
6.4 square miles 581 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Apache County: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,242 ±$3,911 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Apache County: $16,888 ±$626
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $34,644 ±$189
$47,723 ±$11,154 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Apache County: $34,788 ±$2,289
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $65,913 ±$387

27.5% ±9.8% (1,023  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Apache County: 33.9% 22,089 (±1.8% / ±1,179)
  • about double the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 934,911 (±0.2% / ±13,056)

16.8 minutes ±1.4 (20,585  ±4,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Apache County: 27.6 446,750 (±1.2 / ±26,650)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 25.7 72,098,050 (±0.1 / ±371,889)

Families

967 ±125 Number of households
  • Apache County: 19,443 ±380
  • Arizona: 2,683,557 ±6,004
3.9 ±0.2 (3,720  ±527) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Apache County: 3.4 65,098 (±0.1 / ±433)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 2.6 6,930,677 (±0)

9.4% ±9.1% (85  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Apache County: 5.4% † 792 (±1.2% / ±179)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,808 (±0.2% / ±2,768)

Housing

1,131 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Apache County: 29,192 ±134
  • Arizona: 3,056,890 ±502

$32,300 ±$1,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Apache County: $57,300 ±$2,688
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Arizona: $265,600 ±$977

3.6% ±2.4% (131  ±89.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Apache County: 5.5% † 3,607 (±0.9% / ±598.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arizona: 16.2% 1,136,173 (±0.2% / ±13,602.7)

Social

89.1% ±6.4% (2,141  ±330) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Apache County: 82.2% 34,813 (±2.5% / ±1,053.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 88.3% 4,231,547 (±0.3% / ±16,075.2)
17.2% ±5.9% (413  ±152.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Apache County: 12.8% 5,434 (±1.2% / ±500.2)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 31.2% 1,495,416 (±0.2% / ±9,819.8)

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

1.5% ±1.5% (55  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Apache County: 1.7% † 1,138 (±0.4% / ±260)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arizona: 13% 922,119 (±0.1% / ±9,249)

5.8% ±2.8% (160  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Apache County: 5.9% † 2,883 (±0.6% / ±313)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 8.7% 471,924 (±0.1% / ±4,871)
160 Total veterans ±81 141 Male ±77 19 Female ±21

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