Coconino County, Arizona

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Coconino County, Arizona
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Location in the state of Arizona
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Statistics
Founded1891
SeatFlagstaff
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
48,332 km² (18,661 mi²)
48,219 km² (18,617 mi²)
113 km² (44 mi²), 0.23%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density
116,320
2/km 
Website: coconino.az.gov
Coconino County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is part of the Flagstaff, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census its population was 116,320. The county seat is Flagstaff. It is the second largest county by land area in the 48 continguous United States, behind San Bernardino County, California.

Coconino County contains Grand Canyon National Park, the Havasupai Nation, and parts of the Navajo Nation, Hualapai Nation, and Hopi Nation. It takes its name from Cosnino, a name applied to the Havasupai.

Coconino County was the setting for George Herriman's early 20th century Krazy Kat comic strip.

Coconino County has a relatively large Native American population at nearly 30% of the county's total population, being mostly Navajo with smaller numbers of Havasupai, Hopi, and others.

History

After the building of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in 1883 the region of northern Yavapai County began experiencing rapid growth. The people of the northern reaches had tired of the rigors of travelling all the way to Prescott for county business. They also believed that they were a significant enough entity that they should have their own county jurisdiction. Therefore, they decided in 1887 to petition for secession from Yavapai and the creation of a new Frisco County. They remained part of Yavapai, however, until 1891 when Coconino County was formed. The seat was at Flagstaff.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 48,332 km² (18,661 mi²). 48,219 km² (18,617 mi²) of it is land and 113 km² (44 mi²) of it (0.23%) is water. It is therefore physically larger than Denmark, which has a population of 5.3 million people, and has more land area than Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, or Vermont.

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Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 116,320 people, 40,448 households, and 26,938 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (6/mi²). There were 53,443 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 63.09% White, 28.51% Native American, 1.04% Black or African American, 0.78% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 4.13% from other races, and 2.36% from two or more races. 10.94% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 18.59% reported speaking Navajo at home, while 6.58% speak Spanish [1].

There were 40,448 households out of which 34.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.70% were married couples living together, 12.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 22.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.70% under the age of 18, 14.40% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 7.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,256, and the median income for a family was $45,873. Males had a median income of $32,226 versus $25,055 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,139. About 13.10% of families and 18.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.30% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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Map showing the borders for incorporated and unincorporated areas in Coconino County. Also shown are borders for Indian reservations.

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  •  • [ e] Municipalities and communities of
Coconino County, Arizona
County seat: Flagstaff
Cities Flagstaff | Sedona | Williams
Towns Fredonia | Page | Supai
CDPs Bitter Springs | Cameron | Grand Canyon Village | Kachina Village | Kaibab | Kaibito | Lechee | Leupp | Moenkopi | Mountainaire | Munds Park | Parks | Tonalea | Tuba City | Tusayan | Winslow West
Communities Doney Park | Jacob Lake | Valle | Winona
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Flagstaff, Arizona

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Flagstaff, Arizona

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The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census.
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Flagstaff, Arizona

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San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area, containing more land than each of nine states. The county is larger in area than the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware combined.
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Location Arizona, USA
Nearest city Flagstaff
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Area 1,217,403.32 acres
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Havasu ’Baaja (meaning the-people-of-the-blue-green-waters), or more commonly the Havasupai, are a Native American tribe located in the northwestern part of the American state of Arizona.
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Navajo Nation (Diné in Navajo language) encompasses all things important to the Navajo. The land, kinship, language, religion and the right to govern themselves. The Navajo Homeland covers about 26,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres, 17 million acres) of land,
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Hualapai (also spelled Walapai) are a tribe of Native Americans who live in the mountains of northwestern Arizona, United States. The name is derived from "hwal," the Yuman word for pine, "Hualapai" meaning "people of the tall pine".
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Hopi are Native American people who primarily live on the 6,557.262 km² (2,531.773 sq mi) Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

The reservation had a 2000 census population of 6,946 persons. Its largest community is First Mesa, Arizona.
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Birth name George Joseph Herriman
Born August 22, 1880
New Orleans, LA
Died March 25 1944 (aged 65)
Los Angeles, CA
Nationality American
Area(s) artist, writer

Notable works Krazy Kat


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Krazy Kat is a comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U.S. newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It was first published in William Randolph Hearst's New York Evening Journal, and Hearst was a major booster for the strip throughout its run.
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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million[2]
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