Pinal County, Arizona

Pinal County
	Pinal County, Arizona
	Pinal County Courthouse in Florence, Arizona
	; Seal
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	; Location in the state of Arizona
	; Arizona's location in the U.S.
Founded	February 1, 1875
Seat	Florence
Largest city	Casa Grande
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 5,374.09 sq mi (13,919 km²); 5,369.59 sq mi (13,907 km²); 4.50 sq mi (12 km²), 0.08%
Population; - (2010); - Density	; 375,770; 70/sq mi (27.0/km²)
Website	www.pinalcountyaz.gov

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Pinal County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of 2010, its population was 375,770. The county seat is Florence.

Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, as well as the entirety of the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

Growth southward from the Phoenix metropolitan area has begun to spread into the northern parts of Pinal County. The cities of Maricopa and Casa Grande as well as many unincorporated areas have shown accelerated growth patterns; suburban development is likely to continue southward through the county from Phoenix and northward from Tucson.

Pinal County earned a Sunny Award for having an "A-" transparency score from Sunshine Review.^[1] The score grades how much public information is disclosed on the county website.

[edit] Elected officials

Pete Rios (D) Board of Supervisors, District 1, Chairman
Bryan Martyn (R) Board of Supervisors, District 2,
David Snider Board (D) of Supervisors, District 3,
Laura Dean-Lytle (D) County Recorder
Orlenda Roberts (D) County School Superintendent
James P. Walsh (D) County Attorney
Paul Babeu (R) County Sheriff
L. Paul Larkin (D) County Assessor
Dodie Doolittle (D) County Treasurer
Hon. Robert Carter Olson Division 1--Presiding Judge
Hon. Boyd T. Johnson Division 2
Hon. J. (Rudy) Georgini Division 3
Hon. Gilbert V. Figueroa Division 4 - Juvenile Court Presiding Judge
Hon. Stephen McCarville Division 5
Hon. Janna L. Vanderpool Division 6
Hon. Kevin D. White Division 7
Hon. Brenda Oldham Division 8
Hon. Daniel Washburn Division 9
Hon. Steven Fuller Division 10
Hon. Chad A. Roche (R) Clerk of the Superior Court
Hon. Roger Valdez Casa Grande Justice Court
Hon. Marie A. Lorona Eloy Justice Court
Hon. Andrew Ramirez Florence Justice Court
Hon. Arnold Estrada Mammoth Justice Court
Hon. Robert Kent Oracle Justice Court
Hon. Larry Bravo Superior Justice Court
Hon. Shaun Babeu Apache Junction Justice Court
Hon. Scott Sulley Maricopa Justice Court
Fritz Behring County Manager
Manny Gonzalez Assistant County Manager for Administrative Services
Ken Buchanan Assistant County Manager for Development Services
Lisa Garcia Assistant County Manager for Health and Human Services
Todd Zweig Director of Adult Probation
Leo Lew Director of Budget Office
Steve Brown Director of Building Safety
Steve Kizer Director of Elections
Wendy Peterson Director of Human Resources
Richard Jones Director of Information Technology
Jerry Stabley Director of Planning & Development
Greg Stanley Director of Public Works
Stephanie Jordan Deputy Administrator, Superior Court

Salaries for county elected officials are set by the Arizona Revised Statutes. All county elected officials (except the Sheriff and the County Attorney) make a salary of $63,800 along with county benefits and compulsory participation in the Arizona State Elected Official Retirement Plan.^[2]

[edit] History

Pinal County was carved out of neighboring Maricopa County and Pima County on February 1, 1875. Pinal County is the third largest county in Arizona and one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S.A. The political history of Pinal County is an interesting one. The people of the county had never elected a Republican to a county-wide seat (Supervisor, Sheriff, Attorney, Recorder, Treasurer, Assessor, Superintendent of Schools, and Clerk of the Superior Court) until 2008 with the election of Sheriff Paul Babeu and Supervisor Bryan Martyn. The following election in 2010, also brought in a Republican Clerk of the Superior Court Chad Roche. The elections in 2012 will add two supervisors to Pinal County due to the population increase.

[edit] Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 5,374.09 square miles (13,918.8 km²), of which 5,369.59 square miles (13,907.2 km²) (or 99.92%) is land and 4.50 square miles (11.7 km²) (or 0.08%) is water.^[3]

[edit] Mountain ranges

Waterman Mountains

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] National protected areas

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Coronado National Forest (part)
Hohokam Pima National Monument
Ironwood Forest National Monument (part)
Sonoran Desert National Monument (part)
Tonto National Forest (part)

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1880	3,440	—
1890	4,251	23.6%
1900	7,779	83.0%
1910	9,045	16.3%
1920	16,130	78.3%
1930	22,081	36.9%
1940	28,841	30.6%
1950	43,191	49.8%
1960	62,673	45.1%
1970	67,916	8.4%
1980	90,918	33.9%
1990	116,379	28.0%
2000	179,727	54.4%
2010	375,770	109.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

[edit] 2010

Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:

72.4% White
4.6% Black
5.6% Native American
1.7% Asian
0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
3.8% Two or more races
11.5% Other races
28.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

[edit] 2000

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 179,727 people, 61,364 households, and 45,225 families residing in the county. The population density was 34 people per square mile (13/km²). There were 81,154 housing units at an average density of 15/sq mi (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 70.42% White, 2.76% Black or African American, 7.81% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 15.66% from other races, and 2.67% from two or more races. 29.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 21.86% reported speaking Spanish at home, while 1.44% speak O'odham and 0.02% speak Apache [2].

There were 61,364 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were married couples living together, 11.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 21.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 114.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,856, and the median income for a family was $39,548. Males had a median income of $31,544 versus $23,726 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,025. About 12.10% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.50% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Economy

As of 2010 the Corrections Corporation of America-operated Saguaro Correctional Center,^[5] located in Eloy in Pinal County,^[6] houses the majority of Hawaii's male prison inmate population.^[5]