People QuickFacts Santa Cruz County Arizona Population, 2012 estimate 47,303 6,553,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 47,420 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.2% 2.5% Population, 2010 47,420 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.7% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 30.0% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.8% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.3% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.7% 84.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 5.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 3.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.6% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 82.7% 30.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 15.9% 57.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.8% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 32.7% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 79.7% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 71.2% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.0% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,199 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 18.9 24.7  Housing units, 2011 18,105 2,864,335 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 68.9% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.3% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $152,700 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 13,114 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.55 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,577 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,092 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.2% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Santa Cruz County Arizona Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,149 131,849 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 10,484 2,065,224 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 4.0 7.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,750 395,995  Total number of firms, 2007 4,599 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.6% 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 47.1% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.0% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 681,267 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,958 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 67,226 13,268,514 Building permits, 2011 51 13,007     Geography QuickFacts Santa Cruz County Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 1,236.92 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 38.3 56.3 FIPS Code 023 04 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Nogales, AZ Micro Area   (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