Picacho, Arizona

Picacho, Arizona
Census-designated place
Picacho post office Picacho post office
Location in Pinal County and the state of Arizona Location in Pinal County and the state of Arizona
Picacho, Arizona Location in the United States
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Pinal
Elevation	1,614 ft (492 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	521
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
ZIP code	85241
Area code(s)	520
GNIS feature ID	9393

Picacho is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 471 at the 2010 census.

Picacho is located near Interstate 10 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Eloy and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Picacho Peak State Park. Picacho has a post office with ZIP code 85241, which opened in 1881. The community's name is Spanish for "peak" and is derived from the Picacho Mountains. Picacho has a ZIP Code of 85241; in 2000, the population of the 85241 ZCTA was 521.

By late 2012 parts of Picacho will be removed under Arizona eminent domain law on account of Interstate 10 expansion.

Demographics

In 2010 Picacho had a population of 471. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 62.4% Hispanic or Latino, 33.8% non-Hispanic white, 0.6% non-Hispanic black, 0.7% Hispanic blacks, 1.5% non-Hispanic Native American, 1.0% Hispanic Native Americans, 0.6% non-Hispanics reporting some other race and 7.0% of the population reporting two or more races.

References

File:Picacho Petroglyphs-sun, network.jpg

Petroglyphs in the Picacho Mountains, near Picacho Peak State Park.

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