Eloy, Arizona

Eloy, Arizona
City
Location in Pinal County and the state of Arizona
Eloy, Arizona Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°45′49″N 111°36′0″W / 32.76361°N 111.60000°W / 32.76361; -111.60000Coordinates: 32°45′49″N 111°36′0″W / 32.76361°N 111.60000°W / 32.76361; -111.60000
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Pinal
Incorporated	1949
Government
• Mayor	Joseph Nagy
Area
• Total	71.7 sq mi (185.6 km2)
• Land	71.7 sq mi (185.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	1,555 ft (474 m)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	16,631
• Estimate (2014)[2]	16,738
• Density	151.4/sq mi (58.5/km2)
Time zone	MST (no DST) (UTC-7)
ZIP code	85131
Area code(s)	520
FIPS code	04-22360
Website	City of Eloy

Eloy is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States, about 50 miles northwest of Tucson and about 65 miles southeast of Phoenix. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 16,631.

Geography

Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Ten-year-old boy brings in his morning pick to the weighmaster at the cotton wagon, photo by Dorothea Lange (November 1940)

According to the U.S. Census of 2000, the city has a total area of 98.9 square miles (256 km²). The city offers a varied range of community facilities for its citizens. Outside the city limits, the city has a planning area of almost 560 square miles (1,500 km²).

Demographics

As of the census^[5] of 2011, there were 16,964 people, 2,492 households, and 1,988 families residing in Eloy. The population density was 144.8 people per square mile (55.9/km²). There were 2,734 housing units at an average density of 38.1 per square mile (14.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 58% Hispanic or Latino, 5.32% Black or African American, 41% White, 4.48% Native American, 1.20% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 31.48% from other races, and 4.71% from two or more races.

There were 2,492 households out of which 50.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 21.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 15.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.57 and the average family size was 3.94.

In the city the population was spread out with 33.7% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 137.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 154.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,518, and the median income for a family was $28,494. Males had a median income of $25,295 versus $21,088 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,194. About 27.9% of families and 31.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.6% of those under age 18 and 24.6% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

The largest employer is Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), and those CCA prisoners are included in the census. CCA operates the Eloy Detention Center (opened 1994^[6]), the Red Rock Correctional Center (opened 2006^[7]), the Saguaro Correctional Center (opened 2007),^[8] and the La Palma Correctional Center (opened 2008^[9]).

As of 2010 the CCA-operated Saguaro Correctional Center,^[10] located in Eloy,^[11] houses the majority of Hawaii's male prison inmate population.^[10]

Aerial view of the Eloy Municipal Airport, looking east.

It is also home to the world's largest skydive dropzone, Skydive Arizona, and bills itself as the skydiving capital of the world.^[12][13]

Top employers

According to Eloy's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[14] the top employers in the city are:

Education

The Eloy Elementary School District provides elementary education in grades K through 8 through its four schools:

• Curiel Annex School (preschool and kindergarten)
• Curiel Primary School (grades 1 through 3)
• Eloy Intermediate School (grades 4 through 6)
• Eloy Junior High School (grades 7 and 8)

The one high school in the town, Santa Cruz Valley Union High School, is separately administered. It has about 440 students.

Notable people

• Levi Jones - professional football player

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eloy, Arizona.

External links

• Official website
• Eloy City Limits

Municipalities and communities of Pinal County, Arizona, United States County seat: Florence Cities Apache Junction‡ Casa Grande Coolidge Eloy Maricopa Towns Florence Hayden‡ Kearny Mammoth Queen Creek‡ Superior Winkelman‡ CDPs Ak-Chin Village Arizona City Blackwater Cactus Forest Campo Bonito Casa Blanca Chuichu Dudleyville Gold Canyon Goodyear Village Kohatk Lower Santan Village Oracle Picacho Queen Valley Red Rock Sacate Village Sacaton Sacaton Flats Village Saddlebrooke San Manuel San Tan Valley Santa Cruz Santan Stanfield Stotonic Village Sweet Water Village Tat Momoli Top-of-the-World‡ Upper Santan Village Vaiva Vo Wet Camp Village Unincorporated communities Arizola Bapchule Chandler Heights‡ Highjinks Kelvin Magma Randolph Sweetwater Valley Farms Indian reservations Ak-Chin Indian Community Gila River Indian Community San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation‡ Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation‡ Ghost towns Agua Raiz Adamsville American Flag Arenal Cochran Copper Creek DeNoon El Llano Goldfield Hormiguero Hormiguerito Hueso Parado Maricopa Wells Pinal City Ray Reymert Sacaton (village) Sanford Socatoon Station Sasco Tiger Youngsburg Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties