People QuickFacts Apache County Arizona Population, 2012 estimate 73,195 6,553,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 71,518 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.3% 2.5% Population, 2010 71,518 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.5% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 31.5% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.0% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 25.0% 84.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 71.6% 5.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 3.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.8% 30.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 20.2% 57.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.7% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.8% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 60.2% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.1% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.1% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,450 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.0 24.7  Housing units, 2011 32,467 2,864,335 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.2% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 5.3% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $83,200 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 18,953 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.65 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $12,626 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $31,011 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 34.7% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Apache County Arizona Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 467 130,305 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 7,219 2,108,561 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -3.2% 2.1% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,826 395,995  Total number of firms, 2007 3,732 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.0% 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.2% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,138 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 276,872 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,997 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,781 13,268,514 Building permits, 2012 21 21,726     Geography QuickFacts Apache County Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 11,197.52 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 6.4 56.3 FIPS Code 001 04 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts