Bluewater, Arizona Explained

Official Name:Bluewater, Arizona
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Arizona
Subdivision Name2:La Paz
Area Total Km2:6.18
Area Total Sq Mi:2.38
Area Land Km2:5.38
Area Land Sq Mi:2.08
Area Water Km2:0.80
Area Water Sq Mi:0.31
Elevation Ft:404
Elevation M:123
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:682
Population Density Km2:126.77
Population Density Sq Mi:328.36
Timezone:MST (no daylight saving time)
Utc Offset:-7
Coordinates:34.1669°N -114.2717°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:85344[1]
Area Code:928
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:04-07025
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[2]

Bluewater is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 725 at the 2010 census.[3]

Geography

Bluewater is located in northern La Paz County at 34.1669°N -114.2717°W (34.166976, -114.271589).[4] It sits on the southeast bank of the Colorado River and is bordered to the north, across the river, by the community of Bluewater, California.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.2km2, of which 5.4km2 are land and 0.8km2, or 12.91%, are water.[3]

Demographics

Bluewater first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).[5]

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 730 people, 337 households, and 221 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 355.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 537 housing units at an average density of 261.3sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.1% White, 8.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.5% from other races, and 4.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.2% of the population.

There were 337 households, out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.3% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,600, and the median income for a family was $31,339. Males had a median income of $25,833 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,525. About 7.0% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.6% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. Web site: Bluewater AZ ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. February 17, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Bluewater CDP, Arizona. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. August 15, 2019. https://archive.today/20200213050037/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0407025. February 13, 2020. dead.
  4. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. April 23, 2011. February 12, 2011.
  5. Web site: 1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics Arizona. U.S. Census Bureau. 1992. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506164823/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph5/cph-5-4.pdf. May 6, 2021. dead.
  6. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .