Demographic Profile for Greenlee County, Arizona
In terms of total land area, Greenlee spans a total area of 1847 square miles. The county has a very low average population density of 4 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Coke, TX (4 per sq. mile ), Jerauld, SD (4 per sq. mile ), Caribou, ID (4 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sanders, MT (4 per sq. mile ), Fremont, WY (4 per sq. mile ), Kimball, NE (4 per sq. mile ).
Greenlee County, Arizona had a population of 7,521 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 8,549. The decline signifies a decrease of -12 percent. Greenlee ranks 15 of 15 counties when analyzing total population change in Arizona and the county ranks 2,967 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Greenlee County, Arizona has a population base that is comprised of 51 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 46.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 47.1 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Arizona percent of 33.7. Since 2000, Greenlee has increased the percent of minority makeup when 43.8 percent of the total population were minorities.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Greenlee County, Arizona to be 38.3 years of age. The median age in Greenlee is greater than the median in Arizona of 34.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 33.7 years of age. A total of 28.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Greenlee can be understood as having a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.3 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11.2 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.
Since 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Greenlee internationally. The migration from outside the US into Greenlee makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Arizona. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Greenlee County, Arizona had a population of 7,521 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 8,549. The decline signifies a decrease of -12 percent. Greenlee ranks 15 of 15 counties when analyzing total population change in Arizona and the county ranks 2,967 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Greenlee County, Arizona has a population base that is comprised of 51 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 46.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 47.1 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Arizona percent of 33.7. Since 2000, Greenlee has increased the percent of minority makeup when 43.8 percent of the total population were minorities.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Greenlee County, Arizona to be 38.3 years of age. The median age in Greenlee is greater than the median in Arizona of 34.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 33.7 years of age. A total of 28.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Greenlee can be understood as having a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.3 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11.2 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.
Since 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Greenlee internationally. The migration from outside the US into Greenlee makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Arizona. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
