Gila County, Arizona

Gila County is located in the central part of the of. As of the its population was 51,335. The is.

Gila County contains parts of and.

History
The county was formed from parts of and  on. The boundary was then extended eastward to the by public petition in. The original county seat was in the mining community of Globe City, now.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 12,421 (4,796 ). 12,348 km² (4,768 sq mi) of it is land and 73 km² (28 sq mi) of it (0.58%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 51,335 people, 20,140 households, and 14,098 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 28,189 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 77.82%, 0.38% or , 12.92% , 0.43% , 0.05% , 6.59% from , and 1.80% from two or more races. 16.65% of the population were or  of any race. 9.84% reported speaking at home, while 6.29% speak.

There were 20,140 households out of which 26.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 26.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,917, and the median income for a family was $36,593. Males had a median income of $31,579 versus $22,315 for females. The for the county was $16,315. About 12.60% of families and 17.40% of the population were below the, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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