Editing Benson, Arizona (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 348
|1910= 1035
|1920= 825
|1930= 925
|1940= 962
|1950= 1440
|1960= 2494
|1970= 2839
|1980= 4190
|1990= 3824
|2000= 4711
|2010= 5105
|2020= 5355
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
Benson first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of Population - Minor Civil Divisions - Arizona |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v1-07.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |page=60 |date=1890}}</ref> It did not appear on the 1900 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of Population - Minor Civil Divisions - Arizona |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |page=64 |date=1900}}</ref> It reappeared again in 1910.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supplement for Arizona - Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Mines and Quarries |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch2.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1910}}</ref> It did not return separately (as a village) in 1920, but the population for the Benson Precinct of Cochise County (825) was substituted (which included the village of Benson and adjacent area).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bureau of the Census Library |title=Fourteenth Census of the United States - State Compendium - Arizona |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/06229686v1-7ch02.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |date=1924}}</ref> It formally incorporated as a town in 1924 and has returned on every census since 1930.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch03.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1930}}</ref> On March 26, 1985, voters approved a resolution upgrading Benson to city status.<ref>"Benson OKs City Status", March 28, 1985, Page 17, of the Arizona Republic: https://azcentral.newspapers.com/image/120138591/?terms=%22benson%22</ref>

[[File:Benson-Main Street.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Benson-Main Street]]
[[File:Benson sunset 2.jpg|thumb|Benson sunset]]

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,711 people, 2,084 households, and 1,346 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|131.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,822 housing units at an average density of {{convert|79.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 89.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] or [[European American]], 1.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 19.9% of the population.

There were 2,084 households, out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the city, the population was 19.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 18.0% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,289, and the median income for a family was $36,364. Males had a median income of $34,013 versus $18,964 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,315. About 6.2% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.