Somerton (Arizona)
Yuma County
04-68080
Somerton is a city in Yuma County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2005, there were 10,071 inhabitants.
Geography
Somertons geographical coordinates are 32 ° 36 'N, 114 ° 43' W32.597222222222 - 114.71222222222. Somerton is located on U.S. Highway 95
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 km ², all of it is land.
Demography
In the United States Census 2000 7266 inhabitants were counted in 1818 households and 1652 families in Somerton. The population density was 2109.3 inhabitants / km ². The number of residential units in 1967, which corresponds to a density of 571.0 housing / km ².
The inhabitants passed in 2000 to 44.52 % White, 0.37 % African American, 0.65 % Native American, 0.34 % Asian, 0.01 % Pacific Islander, 51.11 % from other races, and 2.99 % from two or more races. 95.17 % of the population reported in the Census of Hispanic or Latino of any race to be.
In 59.4 % of households were living children under the age of 18 and 70.9 % of households are married couples living together, 16.3 % of households had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.1 % of households were non-families. 7.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone aged 65 years or older living alone. The average household size was 3.99 persons and the average family consisted of 4.21 persons.
Of the population 38.9 % were less than 18 years old, 11.2 % were in the age group of 18 to 24 years, 28.3 % were between 25 and 44 years old and 14.4 % between 45 and 64 years. 7.2% were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males; each accounted for 92.3 men per 100 women in the age 18 and over.
The average income per household was $ 26,544, and the median family income was U.S. $ 27 944. The men had on average an income of 21 619 U.S. $, compared to U.S. $ 16 677 for women. The per capita income amounted to U.S. $ 7,960. About 24.0 % of families and 26.6 % of the population were below the poverty line; this applied to 31.8 % of those under age 18 and 27.9% of those age 65 or over.