Editing Jerome, Arizona (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 250
|1900= 2861
|1910= 2393
|1920= 4030
|1930= 4932
|1940= 2295
|1950= 1233
|1960= 243
|1970= 290
|1980= 420
|1990= 403
|2000= 329
|2010= 444
|2020= 464
|align-fn=center
|footnote=Census sources 1890–1990,{{sfn|Moffat|1996|p=12}} 2000 and 2010<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref>
}}

The makeup of early Jerome differed greatly from the 21st-century version of the town. The original mining claims were filed by North American ranchers and prospectors, but as the mines were developed, workers of varied ethnic groups and nationalities arrived. Among them were people of Irish, Chinese, Italian, and Slavic origin who came to Jerome in the late 19th century. By the time of World War{{spaces}}I, Mexican nationals were arriving in large numbers, and census figures suggest that in 1930 about 60{{spaces}}percent of the town's residents were [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]].{{sfn|Clements|2003|pp=59–60}} This statistic is supported by mining company records showing that about 57 percent of the UVX workers were Mexican nationals in 1931 and that foreign-born and Spanish-surnamed workers accounted for about 77{{spaces}}percent of the UVX work force.{{sfn|Clements|2003|p=149}}

The ratio of females to males also varied greatly over time in Jerome. Census data from 1900 through 1950 show a gradual rise in the percentage of female residents, who accounted for only 22{{spaces}}percent of the population at the turn of the century but about 50{{spaces}}percent by mid-century.{{sfn|Clements|2003|p=153}}

As of the [[census]] of 2010, Jerome was home to 444 people comprising 253 households, 93 of which were families made up of a householder and one or more people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. The other 160 were non-family. The residents had a racial makeup that was nearly 94{{spaces}}percent White, and the remainder were listed in the census as Black or African American, Native American, Asian, other, or combinations thereof. About 6{{spaces}}percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The population, nearly evenly split along gender lines, consisted of 226 women with a median age of 54 and 218 men with a median age of 55.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

As of the census of 2020, the population had grown to 464, and the median income for a household in the town was about $35,000. About 19&nbsp;percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerome Town, Arizona|publisher=United States Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Jerome%20town,%20Arizona|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref>

{{wide image|Jerome, Arizona, wider panorama.jpg|700px|Panorama of Jerome as seen from Jerome Cemetery in 2013. Cleopatra Hill is marked with a [[Hillside letters|mountain monogram]] "J", maintained by a local service organization called the J Club.{{sfn|Steuber|2008|p=95}} Remnants of the United Verde open-pit copper mine are to the far right, on the edge of town. The Douglas Mansion (building with flagpole) and remains of the UVX mine are also to the right, downhill from the United Verde mine. The [[Jerome Grand Hotel]] is the large building high on the hill to the left. A dusting of snow is visible at higher elevations in the [[Black Hills (Yavapai County)|Black Hills]].|alt=Panorama of Jerome's houses, commercial buildings, and mine sites spread along the flanks of a mountain marked with a large J}}