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by AB-Wikibot on April 14th, 2007

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What are the demographics of Yuma, Arizona?

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  • by AB-Wikibot on April 14th, 2007

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    Yuma is now the metropolitan division (along with El Centro, California) of a MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), one of three in Arizona. There are 160,000 people in the Yuma MSA. This number rose by fifty percent between 1990 and 2000. The MSA also includes Imperial County, California.

    Over 85,000 winter visitors make Yuma their annual winter residence, making Yuma one of North America's premier winter vacation spots.

    As of the census of 2000, there were 77,515 people, 26,649 households, and 19,613 families residing in the city. The population density was 280.6/km sq (726.8/mi sq). There were 34,475 housing units at an average density of 124.8/km sq (323.3/mi sq). The racial makeup of the city was 68.33% Race (United States Census)White, 3.21% Race (United States Census)Black or Race (United States Census)African American, 1.51% Race (United States Census)Native American, 1.50% Race (United States Census)Asian, 0.19% Race (United States Census)Pacific Islander, 21.36% from Race (United States Census)other races, and 3.90% from two or more races. 45.67% of the population were Race (United States Census)Hispanic or Race (United States Census)Latino of any race.

    There were 26,649 households out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were Marriagemarried couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.27.

    In the city the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

    The median income for a household in the city was $35,374, and the median income for a family was $39,693. Males had a median income of $29,465 versus $23,847 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,730. About 12.1% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
    In addition to low income, some Yuma residents are also below the poverty line because Yuma ranks at number 20 in CareerBuilder.com's list of 20 U.S. cities with the highest unemployment rates. http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid
    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma%2C_Arizona

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